Learn about Violet Dandridge, Aime Motter Awl, Carolyn Bartlett Gast, and Marilyn Schotte: four women from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Invertebrate Zoology who ...

Researchers have always used graphics and illustrations to help make sense of their work. This coffee-table book gathers seven centuries’ worth. By Randall Munroe When you purchase an independently ...

When Jennifer Fairman started to work on drawing the SARS-CoV-2 virus, she wanted to make it more approachable. “When you look at the virus, it’s really beautiful. The geometry of it is beautiful,” ...

Illustrating Nature, the 18th annual exhibit of artwork by students in the UCSC Extension Science Illustration Program, is on display at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History May 5 through June 10.

Mae Jemison, “The first black woman in space.” The astronaut is also an engineer and physician who conducted experiments about motion sickness and weightlessness onboard the space shuttle in 1992.

THESE seminal scientific images, taken from the new book Science Illustration: A history of visual knowledge from the 15th century to today by Anna EscardÓ (published by Taschen), are more than just a ...

Many view the scientific process as a tool to preclude human emotions from influencing the search for truth. But those emotions are essential when it comes time to help people connect to the science, ...

SANTA CRUZ >> In biology, the old axiom “form follows function” means that an organism’s structure is formed in direct correlation to its purpose. Think Darwin’s finches. When it comes to art, utility ...

An award-winning science illustration programme at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is facing closure. On 12 August, administrators announced that they would end the programme next spring ...