Animals Scientists discover third Orangutan species. It’s already threatened with extinction November 3, 2017
Biology Forests are increasingly patchy and fragmented — which is bad news for the species living there November 1, 2017
Biology A lazy seaslug hunts by ‘kleptopredation’, letting prey do half the work for it November 1, 2017
Biology Biologists discover a large blue hole in the Great Barrier Reef thanks to Google Maps October 31, 2017 - Updated on February 27, 2024
Agriculture Newly sequenced pumpkin genome reveals genes for tastiness and unique evolutionary history October 31, 2017 - Updated on October 27, 2023
Biology Men with slightly longer legs than average might be more attractive to the opposite sex October 31, 2017
Biology Dolphins can also get Alzheimer’s, surprising new study finds October 25, 2017 - Updated on July 20, 2023
Animals Shrews literally shrink their heads with the seasons October 23, 2017 - Updated on October 24, 2017
Biology Researchers identify brain patterns associated with learning to improve teaching, fight Alzheimer’s October 16, 2017
Biology Contrasting facial features make you seem younger, no matter where you’re from October 12, 2017 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Animals Rarest songbird species turns out to be even rarer than thought — because it never existed October 9, 2017
Animals New York mice are actively evolving into a new species: city mice October 4, 2017 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Biology Marine biologist finds gaping blue hole in Great Barrier Reef using Google Maps September 28, 2017 - Updated on October 31, 2017
Animals Bed bugs love your dirty laundry, and this has helped them travel the globe September 28, 2017
Biology California now has an official dinosaur: the Augustynolophus September 27, 2017 - Updated on February 9, 2024
Biology Vegetarian dinosaurs sometimes feasted on crustaceans September 22, 2017 - Updated on August 21, 2023
Animals You don’t need a brain to sleep, and we have snoozing jellyfish to prove it September 21, 2017
Biology Fourteen thousand plant species have been discovered in the Amazon rainforest September 20, 2017 - Updated on January 31, 2023
Animals Not too big and not too small: when faced with extinction, it pays off to be just the right size September 19, 2017 - Updated on May 24, 2023
Animals Biologists just discovered an underwater octopus city — they call it Octlantis September 19, 2017
Animals What a biologist learned after letting an electric eel zap him September 18, 2017 - Updated on January 25, 2024
Biology Bacteria shapeshift in space in response to antibiotics, becoming far more resilient September 13, 2017 - Updated on September 14, 2017
Animals Ugly Unicorn: Metal-tipped prehistoric ant drank the blood of its victims for dinner September 12, 2017
Biology Global warming will kill a third of the world’s parasites, and that’s not even a good thing September 11, 2017
Biology International drug treaties need an urgent revamp as more countries legalize cannabis September 8, 2017
Biology Diverse landscape are more resilient and productive in the face of climate change September 6, 2017
Biology CRISPR used for first time to change flower color in Japanese ornamental plant September 5, 2017
Biology Insects see in much better resolution than we thought September 5, 2017 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Biology Higher temperature and more CO2 is good for trees, but overall climate change will damage forests September 1, 2017
