I couldn’t agree more with writer Maureen Gilmer’s statement that the palo verde “is the near perfect tree for our desert gardens.” The desert palo verde, with its oddly beautiful green trunk and ...

This article was originally published on Undark. In a dusty room in central Florida, countless millipedes, centipedes, and other creepy-crawlies sit in specimen jars, rotting. The invertebrates are ...

Jocelyn P. Colella works for and volunteers with natural history museums, and regularly receives funding for this work. Bryan McLean works extensively with natural history specimens, and regularly ...