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How the Star-Nosed Mole ‘Sees’ With Its Ultra-Sensitive Snout
The utterly strange-looking creature sees the world with one of the most sensitive touch organs in the animal kingdom
January 30, 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Feral Cats Kill Billions of Small Critters Each Year
A new study shows that cats--especially feral ones--kill far more birds and small mammals than scientists previously thought
January 29, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
The Most Infamous Komodo Dragon Attacks of the Past 10 Years
An 8-year old boy; a group of stranded divers; a celebrity's husband: Just a few of the recent victims of Komodo dragon attacks
January 24, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
African Dung Beetles Navigate At Night Using the Milky Way
A new study shows the tiny feces ball-rolling insects orient themselves by the stars
January 24, 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
The Gory Details of Artist Katrina van Grouw’s Unfeathered Birds
A British artist, with experience in ornithology, explains how she created anatomical drawings of 200 different species of birds for a new book
January 18, 2013 |
By Megan Gambino
Communication Towers Are Death Traps for Threatened Bird Species
Nearly 7 million North American birds - including 13 threatened species - lose their lives through tower collisions each year
January 14, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Beautiful Artwork Cut Out of Feathers
A clever artist uses a scalpel and tweezers to cut beautiful bird silhouettes out of feathers
January 10, 2013 |
By Megan Gambino
Determined Fish Climb Waterfalls With Special Sucker Mouths
One goby species in Hawaii uses its suction-cup mouth for both feeding and scaling walls, presenting an evolutionary chicken-or-egg conundrum
January 07, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Bonobos Offer Banana Bribes for Friendship
Chimpanzees will sooner kill than share food, but bonobos will sacrifice some of their own goods for the pleasure of interacting with strangers
January 02, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Bringing Extinct Birds Back to Life, One Cartoon at a Time
In his new book, Extinct Boids, artist Ralph Steadman introduces readers to a flock of birds that no longer live in the wild
January 02, 2013 |
By Megan Gambino
How the Tree Frog Has Redefined Our View of Biology
The world’s most charismatic amphibian is upending the conventional wisdom about evolution
January 2013 |
By Helen Fields
Seven Must-See Art-Meets-Science Exhibitions in 2013
Preview some of the top-notch shows—on anatomy, bioluminescence, water tanks and more—slated for the next year
December 28, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
A Twinkling Christmas Tree, Powered by…an Electric Eel?
A Utah aquarium uses the charges emitted by an electric eel to trigger the lights on a nearby tree
December 24, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Where’s Rudolph? Inside the Decline of Alaska’s Caribou
The antlered herd’s population is declining – what’s going on in the Alaskan wilderness?
December 20, 2012 |
By Molly Loomis
The Sustainable Meat of the Future: Mealworms?
Mealworms might seem unpalatable to many, but a new study indicates that they might be the climate-friendly protein alternative of the future
December 19, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
How to Solve Human Evolution’s Greatest Hoax
One hundred years after Piltdown Man was "discovered," scientists are still investigating how and why the fossil find was faked
December 19, 2012 |
By Erin Wayman
The Ten Best Ocean Stories of 2012
From deep-sea squid habits to vanishing coral reefs, here are the ocean stories we couldn’t stop talking about this year.
December 18, 2012 |
By Hannah Waters
The Scientific Reason Why Reindeer Have Red Noses
Some reindeer really do have red noses, a result of densely packed blood vessels near the skin's surface
December 18, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Tree Climbers, Wood Eaters, and More: The Top 10 Human Evolution Discoveries of 2012
This year's hominid finds illuminate the great diversity and adaptability of our ancient relatives
December 17, 2012 |
By Erin Wayman
