ecology

The medicalization of nature turns a relationship into a dose.

In the fight against insects, plants have evolved an arsenal of ingenious chemical defenses.

As nature scales, complexity gives way to universal law.

Economics and conservation are converging to resurrect one of the planet’s greatest parks.

Did autumn reds and yellows evolve to repel insects?

High-speed cameras capture how bouncing rain spreads crop disease.

My years surveying trees in the Amazon taught me the forest is unknowable.

Anna Badkhen tells us about the experiences that led to her Nautilus feature.

Magnifying our mutant, turbulent, symmetrical natures.