Biology
Sharks' Rep Hurt by Scary Theme Music
"Objective" documentaries may be unintentionally biasing viewers
The Artful Amoeba
A Blog About the Weird Wonderfulness of Life on Earth
Biology
Newly Crowned Oldest Vertebrate May Live to 400
...and it doesn't reach sexual maturity until around 150
Biology
50-Million-Year-Old Insect Jumped Out of Skin to Escape Amber Tsunami
A mushroom, an insect skin and a mammal hair all walk into the same piece of amber...
Evolution
80 Percent of Open-Ocean Fish Make Light
Lighting up is the rule, not the exception, for marine fish
Biology
My First Radiolab Interview: From Tree to Shining Tree
What goes on under the forest floor may astound you
Biology
Desert Moss Makes Water Trap So Powerful It Can Hoist Water against Gravity
Could you survive on only the moisture in fog? This moss can
Biology
Predator? No Problem--Water Fleas Grow Weapons
The water flea Daphnia grows its own helmets, spikes and crests in response to chemical cues that predators are near
Evolution
Butterflies in the Time of Dinosaurs, with Nary a Flower in Sight
Jurassic butterflies disappeared a full 45 million years before the first caterpillar decided to grow up and become a beautiful butterfly—again
Biology
Fungi in Space!
If you can make it on Earth, can you make it on "Mars"?
Biology
80 Percent of Young Environmental Scientists Could Use More Natural History Training
Natural history is vanishing from the academic ecosystem, and it may be harming our ability to make big theoretical advances
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