The air is hot and sticky. Roots a foot high protrude across the trail. Above, a maze of leaves comprises the rainforest canopy. After trudging two hours through muddy streams and overgrown trails in...

After travelling to Kenya his sophomore year of college, Todd Michael Anderson, a Wake Forest biologist, became fascinated by savanna ecosystems. While studying an African savanna rodent known as the...

Below the calm surface of the Everglades, a water snake darts after a small-body fish known as the mangrove rivulus.  Gaining on the fish, the water snake starts to open its mouth, preparing to savor...

Behind the closed doors of Winston Hall’s labs, biology students are busy at work studying honey bees, identifying species and examining fungi in magnolia leaves.    Students pursuing a Biological...

Flashback to 1944 in the German-occupied Netherlands.  A blistering cold winter and a German blockade prevented food shipments from entering the heavily populated north provinces. Famine plagued the...

Only 10 seconds. That’s how long it took for Manchester plaza to be overtaken by a rainbow dust cloud. On Saturday, April 8, students, faculty and members of the Winston-Salem community gathered on...

“Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble,” chant the three weird sisters as they await the arrival of the prophesized king — the one and only Macbeth. For the Wake Forest community,...

The smell of hot beef dumplings and seasoned vegetables fills the Catholic lounge, as young children race through Collins’ dorm halls, mouths watering and ready to eat. Parents greet one another with...

Twenty thousand people gathered into the Staples Center to watch the Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Boston Celtics in Game Seven of the 2010 NBA final.  While Lakers fans celebrated, Robert A. Baade sat...