Calea zacatechichi, popularly known as the “Mexican dream herb,” is a fascinating plant with a deep-rooted history and unique ...

One of Los Angeles’s most talented seafood specialists, chef Francisco Leal, who helped develop the menu at Del Mar ...

There are two species of streamertail hummingbirds on the island of Jamaica, West Indies—one with red-billed males (Trochilus polytmus) and the other with black-billed males (T. scitulus). This is a ...

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

Characidium dumonti lives among the rocks and pebbles at the bottom of the fast-flowing streams in the national park, ...

Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...