Meet Katherine Johnson, the computer who helped send men to the moon
John Glenn wouldn't blast off until she double-checked the IBM's calculations
Meet Marjory Stoneman Douglas, champion and savior of the Everglades
Writer, suffragette, and fierce protector of the "worthless swamp"
Thinking about releasing thousands of balloons for your local Indy 500? That's littering
The balloons are supposed to be biodegradable but they're really not
Blue whales and orcas and more form an emotional bond with humans in "The Breath of a Whale"
Leigh Calvez blends Cetacean science with Cetacean narrative in her latest book
How to be a better tourist? Look to the Galápagos
Tourism accounts for 8 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. We can do more to limit our footprint, carbon and cultural
There was so much more to Rachel Carson beyond 'Silent Spring'
The trained zoologist and a bureaucrat pushed for environmental safety her whole life
How weather radar can predict bird migration
New data helps predict peak bird movements, helping people change their behavior to save avian lives
Meet Mary Golda Ross, one of the first Native Americans in engineering
Much of her Cold War work on missiles is still classified today
My life in butterflies: how a childhood hobby shaped my career
Citizen scientists make tangible contributions to data collection
How an interloper snake decimated Guam's delicious wild chilies
The snakes don't eat chilies. The connection: birds
How fieldwork on a remote, tiny island taught me to navigate family dinners
Doing science far away helped this ecologist talk to those close to home
Boobies of the Galápagos are replacing their disappearing food source with junk fish
Decades of research show how the sardine's decline threatens an entire ecosystem