Nature

Bees can remember human faces — and 7 other surprising facts about these important insects

Most people know bees for two things: their sweetness (in the form of honey) or their stings. But they’re so much more than that. Honeybees, for example, live in highly structur...

Gallery: 7 aerial photos that show how human activity is dramatically reshaping our planet

In the 1980s, space philosopher Frank White was a passenger in an airplane flying across the US. As he gazed at the miniature landscapes below, he started imagining what it woul...

How can we learn to use energy more wisely? Let’s look to nature as a guide

From geese flying through the sky in formation to schools of fish swimming in the ocean, the world’s creatures show an efficiency that is the envy of physicists, architects and ...