Cluck once, and the river shakes: Inside the Amazon’s giant snake saga
As a child, I was fascinated by reports and documentaries about field research and often wondered wh ...View More
600-million-year-old body blueprint found in sea anemones
A new study from the University of Vienna reveals that sea anemones use a molecular mechanism known ...View More
Tiny wasp’s shocking reproductive trick may transform global agriculture
Scientists have shed new light on the evolution of an important species of wasp - and believe that t ...View More
83% of Earth’s climate-critical fungi are still unknown
Mycorrhizal fungi help regulate Earth's climate and ecosystems by forming underground networks that ...View More
Scientists reveal the hidden trigger behind massive floods
Atmospheric rivers are responsible for most flooding on the West Coast of the U.S., but also bring m ...View More
Fruit-eating mastodons? Ancient fossils confirm a long-lost ecological alliance
Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital func ...View More
Africa's pangolin crisis: The delicacy that's driving a species to the brink
The vast majority of pangolin hunting in African forest landscapes is done for meat consumed by peop ...View More
Toxic tides: Centuries-old mercury is flooding the arctic food chain
Despite global reductions in mercury emissions, mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife continue t ...View More
Invisible ID: How a single breath could reveal your health—and your identity
Your breath is one of a kind. A study published June 12 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology de ...View More
New MIT study reveals how biofilms help stop microplastic build-up
The accumulation of microplastics in the environment, and within our bodies, is an increasingly worr ...View More
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