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In Europe, the diversity of plants was greatest in the years before the Black Death, at a time when small farms and pastures existed alongside grasslands…

The sprawling grasslands of western India are, in the popular imagination, the remains of woodlands that were leveled under British rule — areas to be reforested,…

About 800 years ago, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at the University of Oxford, challenged the scientific thinking of the day, using his understanding of the…

December 15, 20252 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThese Hummingbirds Joust Like Medieval Knights—Even to the DeathThe sharp, elongated bills of green hermit hummingbirds aren’t…

More than 25 years ago, Michel Guyot, the owner of a French château, launched an experimental castle-building project. Workers using tools and techniques from the 13th…