Birds Beware: The Praying Mantis Wants Your Brain by NATALIE ...
Scientists have developed a healthy respect for mantises, acrobatic hunters with 3-D vision and voracious appetites. Published: September […]
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A Stick Insect. A Tree Lobster. Whatever You Call It, ...
A genetic analysis showed that a stick insect found on another island was the same species as one […]
On the Origin of Gold
Where did the gold in your jewelry originate? No one is completely sure. The relative average abundance in […]
During Storms, Most Animals Take Shelter. But Some Birds Take ...
Some birds and animals found shelter during recent hurricanes, but many will struggle to live in a changed […]
All Sky Steve
Familiar green and red tinted auroral emission floods the sky along the northern (top) horizon in this fish-eye […]
Wolf Puppies Are Adorable. Then Comes the Call of the ...
No matter how you raise a wolf, you can’t turn it into a dog. To find out why, […]
Jeremy the Lefty Snail Is Dead. His Offspring Are All ...
The brown garden snail won international fame for a mutation that caused his shell to coil left instead […]
In Easter Island DNA, Evidence of Genetic Loneliness by NICHOLAS ...
DNA analysis of Pre-Columbian human remains suggest natives of South America may not have intermingled with the Polynesians […]
Genes for Skin Color Rebut Dated Notions of Race, Researchers ...
Humans have long shared a genetic palette for skin pigmentation, slightly tweaked by evolution, scientists report. Published: October […]
How Kangaroo Rats Escape Rattlesnakes by JAMES GORMAN
Kangaroo rats are so good at leaping away from rattlesnake strikes that they sometimes show off in front […]