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Nikon Announces the Winners of its “Small World” Competition
See a selection of beautiful images captured by scientists gazing through light microscopes
October 29, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Scientific Illustrations: Your Go-To Guides for Halloween Costumes
The details are what separate a good outfit from an amazing one. The images in the Biodiversity Heritage Library can help you make the leap
October 26, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Winged Tapestries
Jim des Rivières' portraits of moths capture the insects' exquisite patterns
September 28, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Science Images that Border on Art
This year's Wellcome Image Award winners pull at your "art" strings. The curious seek out the science behind them
September 26, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
How Biomimicry is Inspiring Human Innovation
Creative minds are increasingly turning to nature—banyan tree leaves, butterfly wings, a bird's beak— for fresh design solutions
September 2012 |
By Tom Vanderbilt
New Evidence for Climate Change: Butterflies
The meticulous records of an amateur butterfly club in New England are opening a window into changes happening to the regional climate
August 21, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
14 Fun Facts About Fireflies
Fact number 3: In some places at some times, fireflies synchronize their flashing
June 27, 2012 |
By Sarah Zielinski
How Do Mosquitoes Fly in the Rain?
High-speed cameras revealed that the insects' minuscule mass—and a zen-like approach of non-resistance—allows them to survive impacts with raindrops 50 times their size
June 08, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Bed Bugs Are Even Peskier Than We Thought
A new study reveals that common over-the-counter bed bug eradication products are essentially ineffective
June 04, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Deep in the Ndoki Jungle, A Few Sheets of Nylon Can Feel a Lot Like Home
The founding editor of Outside magazine explains why a tent is sometimes the difference between life and death
June 2012 |
By Tim Cahill
This Insect Uses Its Victims’ Carcasses As Camouflage
Acanthaspis petax, a type of assassin bug, stacks dead ant bodies on its back to confuse predators
May 08, 2012 |
By Joseph Stromberg
Edward O. Wilson’s New Take on Human Nature
The eminent biologist argues in a controversial new book that our Stone Age emotions are still at war with our high-tech sophistication
April 2012 |
By Natalie Angier
The Mollusc Militia is Coming
I have glimpsed the future. And it is teeming with creepy crawly cyborgs
March 26, 2012 |
By Cassandra Willyard
Bizarre Bee-havior in the Battle Against the Giant Hornet
To protect their hive from an invading hornet, Asian honeybees gang up and surround it, forming a "hot defensive bee ball"
March 19, 2012 |
By Cassandra Willyard
Anti-Gravity Machine for Levitating Fruit Flies
A powerful magnetic field counteracted Earth's gravity and disrupted gene expression during development
February 14, 2012 |
By Greg Laden
Some Spiders Have Brains in Their Legs
Just one more reason it's not nice to pull the appendages off of creepy crawlies
December 15, 2011 |
By Sarah Zielinski
The Columbines and Their Pollinators: An Evolutionary Tale
New research provides insight into an evolutionary concept introduced by Charles Darwin
December 02, 2011 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Lying For Sex, Spider Style
Male nursery web spiders aren't necessarily punished for giving false gifts
November 16, 2011 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Top 10 Real-Life Body Snatchers
Parasites and zombies are not science fiction; they infest rats, crickets, ants, moths and other creatures, sucking the life out of them
October 24, 2011 |
By Megan Gambino
Who Can Identify the World's Rarest Butterfly
Two scientists are in a grim contest to document some of the animal kingdom's most endangered species
October 07, 2011 |
By Rob Dunn
