Research Articles
Minding Money: How Understanding of Value is Culturally Promoted
Exploring how cultural forces shape our understanding of financial value and money habits across different societies.
The Stream Serpent's Realm: Unraveling the Hidden Life of the Common Watersnake in West Virginia's Creeks
Research on the ecology of Nerodia sipedon (Common Watersnake) in North Fork Creek, Ohio County, West Virginia by researchers from West Liberty University.
Madagascar's Wildlife Encyclopedia: How the MADA Archive Unlocks Nature's Secrets
Explore how Madagascar's MADA database is revolutionizing conservation by cataloging functional traits of unique wildlife to predict ecosystem collapse and guide protection efforts.
The Whispering Leaves: How Poetry Reveals the Secret Soul of Plants
Exploring how Les Murray's poetry bridges empirical botany and spiritual wisdom, revealing plant intelligence through the concept of the vegetative soul.
The Silent Sentinels: How Vietnam's Frontline Fighters Are Helping Avert the Next Pandemic
How Vietnam's VIZIONS program is pioneering zoonotic disease surveillance to prevent future pandemics through One Health approaches
Playing Dead to Stay Alive: The Scorpion's Ultimate Deception Tactic
Discover how Central American scorpions use thanatosis (death feigning) as a sophisticated survival strategy against predators.
Cracking the Code: What Predicts a Science Major?
Exploring how Expectancy-Value Theory predicts student success in STEM majors through psychological and ecological factors.
The Green Awakening: How Urban Ecology Courses Are Transforming City Youth's Connection to Nature
Exploring how urban ecology education rebuilds connections between city youth and their environment through hands-on community science.
The Butterfly Effect of Pandemics: How Tiny Changes Tilted Our COVID Battle
Exploring the nonlinear dynamics of COVID-19 spread through numerical modeling and the impact of intervention timing.
The Chimpanzee & Me: A Primatologist's Journey into Conservation and Kinship
Evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod explores our profound connection with chimpanzees and the urgent need for conservation in this acclaimed work.