Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A new study claims that Prototaxites, which have defied ...

At the microscopic edge of biology, researchers have uncovered an organism so stripped down that it forces a rethink of what ...

This is the third in a series of posts on my book, The Four Realms of Existence. Read parts one and two. Source: Harvard University Press/Used with permission Human beings can be characterized as a ...

This is the second in a series of posts about my book, The Four Realms of Existence. Source: Harvard University Press/Used with permission The world we live in is filled with things that we ...