Brightly colored beetles or butterfly larvae nibbling on a plant may signal the presence of chemical compounds active against cancer cell lines and tropical parasitic diseases, according to researchers at Smithsonian's Tropical Research Institute in Pana

Here's a list of environmental contests aimed both at all ages and at students-only. On some sites you can read about winning ideas in contests completed already for this year and watch for new contests as they post them.

Kevin McCarthy, a local Florida entrepreneur who owns and operates Amelia River Cruises, wants to operate a boat service to Cumberland Island, Ga., from his base in Fernandina Beach.

Is there an old favourite you'd like to see back in print? Thanks to Faber and Faber, now's your chance. Here, writers tell us which books they will be requesting

Beginning with the molecular origins of life and culminating with the latest findings on human evolution, 18 of the world's leading experts will report on research spanning three billion years of evolution at a two-day symposium at Rockefeller University