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Game Wardens Helped Poachers Kill the Last of Mozambique’s Rhinos
Mozambique's rhinos have been living on the edge of extinction for more than a century, but now they're finally gone for good
May 02, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
The Only Clouded Leopard Left in Taiwan Is Stuffed on a Museum Shelf
Zoologists call the results of a 13-year-long hunt to find any remaining clouded leopards "disappointing"
May 01, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
High Fructose Corn Syrup May Be Partly Responsible for Bees’ Collapsing Colonies
High fructose corn syrup, the sugary compound in soda, is also fed to bees
May 01, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
How Bone-Eating Zombie Worms Drill Through Whale Skeletons
The worms use a "bone-melting acid" that frees up the nutrients within both whale and fish bones
May 01, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
It’s Crazy to Move a Hundred-Year-Old Tree, But This One Is Thriving
There's controversy surrounding the oak's new home, but park or no park, the Ghirardi Oak is staying, and the transport seems to have been a success
May 01, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Our Battle Against Extinction, 100 Recipes and More Recent Books Reviewed
Growing up as a poor Astor and the roots of psychiatry
May 2013 |
By Chloë Schama
Baby Sand Tiger Sharks Devour Their Siblings While Still in the Womb
This seemingly horrific reproduction strategy may be a way for females to better control which males sire her offspring
April 30, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
We’re Just 35 Devil’s Hole Pupfish Away From the World’s Best-Documented Extinction
If the species does go extinct, it will join Florida's Dusky seaside sparrow as an endangered species that has died out while under federal protection
April 30, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
One Confused Loon Spent 48 Days Trying to Hatch Rocks
In July 2011, something strange was going on with one of the loons at a Massachusetts sanctuary
April 29, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Why Guppies Seem to Have a Death Wish
Aquarium-leaping guppies don't necessarily want to die, they're just trying to colonize the next pond over
April 26, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Saving the Cao Vit Gibbon, the Second Rarest Ape in the World
Setting aside additional protected areas and creating forest corridors could help this Asian primate bounce back from just 110 individuals
April 26, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Fish Bladders Are Actually a Thing People Smuggle, And They’re Worth a Lot of Money
One bladder from the totoaba macdonaldi fish can garner $5,000 in the United States, and over $10,000 in Asia
April 26, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
14 Fun Facts About Penguins
Which penguin swims the fastest? Do penguins have teeth? Why do penguins sneeze? How is penguin poop useful?
April 25, 2013 |
By Hannah Waters
The ‘FlipperBot’ Is Almost as Cute as the Baby Sea Turtles It Mimics
This bio-inspired robot could help conserve and restore beaches as well as teach us about how our ancient aquatic ancestors evolved to walk on land
April 24, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
For Some Species, You Really Are What You Eat
Flamingos, shrimp and many other animals use chemical compounds found in their diets to color their exteriors
April 24, 2013 |
By Marina Koren
Oxford Principal Nixes Student Plan to Have Live Shark at Ball
The tipoff that it would appear at all came from a poster for the ball that simply says, in large white letters, "Ginglymostoma cirratum (you should really go look that up)"
April 24, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
As Tigers Dwindle, Poachers Turn to Lions for ‘Medicinal’ Bones
Because wildlife managers are overwhelmed by the rhino horn poaching epidemic, investigations into missing lions will likely take second place
April 23, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Can Cloning Giant Redwoods Save the Planet?
Redwoods are mighty trees, but would planting more of them help combat climate change?
April 23, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Which Primate Is the Most Likely Source of the Next Pandemic?
To help anticipate the next outbreak of an emerging infectious disease, scientists scrutinize our closest relatives in the animal kingdom
April 22, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
