"The Giant Leap," by astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, is an optimistic account of our widening journey into the cosmos.

Geerat Vermeij's latest book explores a new approach to thinking about the evolution of life through the accumulation of 'power,' defined as the ability of organisms to take up or expend energy. (UC ...

Welcome to the SciFri Book Club page about Riley Black’s When the Earth Was Green. There’s lots of ways to participate: Read the book, join our community space, attend an event, read an excerpt, sign ...

Evolution: Making Sense of Life, the textbook Doug Emlen and I have just published, is now evolving into a full-blown app for the iPad. Once you get the free app, you can download some of the book’s ...

Climate change. Habitat loss. The increasing spread of invasive species. These are just a few impacts of human activity — and to the animals on the front lines, even the slightest shift can feel like ...

The Sahara is one of the largest deserts in the world and it only continues to grow. Expanding by 2,900 square miles a year, the desert’s growth impacts not only the wildlife but the people who live ...

The Republican-led State Board of Education preliminarily rejected several new science textbooks on Tuesday over their presentation of climate change and evolution, a sign the books may be watered ...