Fig Trees Convert Carbon Dioxide into Stone
July 31, 2025
Scientists discover remarkable sequestration and symbiosis in fig trees, pointing to fine-tuning while raising questions about long-age geological assumptions and climate projections.
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IDTF: Living Micro-Artillery
March 27, 2025
CEH editor discusses ingenious tactics plants and fungi use to launch their spores.
Gophers Help Restore Volcano Damage
November 18, 2024
How could scientists accelerate the restoration of the devastated area around Mt. St. Helens? Send in the gophers!
Archive: Fungi, Dinosaurs, Octopus, Appendix, JPL, More
August 30, 2024
A broad variety of stories have been published at CEH for 23 years. Look back at to August 2001.
Illustra Media Showcases the Wood Wide Web
March 28, 2023
The ways that plants communicate through underground fungal networks is illustrated in a dazzling new short film.
Evolutionary Rates Vary by Millions
October 31, 2022
When an organism changes rapidly, that's evolution. When an organism never changes for millions of years, that's evolution.
Flip Flops in Plant Ancestry
March 13, 2020
Are green algae the ancestors of all land plants? Do paleontologists even know that these fossils are green algae?
How Did Primitive Organisms Learn Physics?
August 26, 2017
Inspiring cases of ballistics, civil engineering and architecture can be found in some of the simplest of living organisms.
A Bird, a Mushroom, and a Fly Fossilized Fast
June 9, 2017
Exceptional preservation of soft tissues required rapid fossilization. Did they really die a hundred million years ago?
How Flamingos Stand on One Foot
May 26, 2017
Mysteries of the universe unfold: how can flamingos sleep while standing on one foot? And why is it good to know?
Bubbles Scream Life
May 1, 2017
It might be a fungus. It might be half a billion years older than previously thought. It might rewrite the evolutionary history of complex life, including humans. What is it?
Tick Talk: Mammal Blood Found in Amber
April 5, 2017
Can intact blood be preserved for 15 to 45 million years, give or take 50 million?
Weekend Biomimetics Showcase
March 11, 2017
The focus in biology these days is on design. Here's evidence.
Inspiring Life Tricks
November 14, 2016
These tricks are enough to make an inventor run to the patent office.
Smart Scientists Borrow Natural Designs
August 3, 2016
Scientists and engineers are back in school, learning from the best teachers: plants and animals.