Biodiversity

People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is not separate from human beings.

Why do cats like concrete slabs so much?

Tick populations have been growing nationwide, and a number of experts believe it’s due to warmer temperatures these days.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tickborne diseases are on the rise. That means if you’re outdoors, you need to take precautions.

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved into Europe with humans much later than previously believed.

Children learn about the “three sisters” – corn, beans, and squash – growing together, but that’s only part of the story.

Cats or dogs? Dogs or cats? Whether you’re a feline fanatic or with the canine crowd, maybe you’ve noticed your cat has an eerie resemblance to a popular purebred pug on social media, or that your dog is starting to look like a lot of Instagram cats.

Pugs, Persian cats, and other smushed-face cats and dogs are more similar to one another than they are to the wild animals they evolved from

Walk into any pet show and you’ll see them – flat-faced Persian cats with plush coats and round eyes, or pug dogs waddling about with their unmistakably squished faces.

A WashU research team spent 45 days traveling to different wildfire locations in the western United States where they sampled gaseous smoke and aerosol species and analyzed their chemical and optical properties.