This spider pretends to be an ant, but not well enough to avoid being eaten By Laura Baisas / May 18, 2023
A ‘butterfly tree of life’ reveals the origins of these beautiful insects By Laura Baisas / May 15, 2023
Extinct ‘thunder beasts’ went from mini to massive in the blink of an evolutionary eye By Laura Baisas / May 12, 2023
What is a pangenome? Scientists just released their first draft. By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira / May 10, 2023
Lord of the Rings villain Sauron inspires the name of new butterfly genus By Laura Baisas / May 9, 2023
How Neanderthal genetic material could influence nose shapes to this day By Laura Baisas / May 8, 2023
Robot plants could be used to grow infrastructure in space from scratch By Dario Floreano and Nicola Nosengo/MIT Press Reader / May 3, 2023
Fossil trove in Wales is a 462-million-year-old world of wee sea creatures By Laura Baisas / May 2, 2023
How different is Balto, the heroic sled dog, from today’s Siberian huskies? By Laura Baisas / Apr 27, 2023
Carnivorous pitcher plants may use tempting aromas to lure prey to their death By Laura Baisas / Apr 24, 2023
Giving drones inflatable suits could help them survive crash landings By Sara Kiley Watson / Apr 21, 2023
Elephants and humans share surprising similarities. A new docuseries dives deep into that relationship. By Laura Baisas / Apr 21, 2023
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Pygmy zebra octopus stripe patterns are as unique as human fingerprints By Jamie Dickman / Apr 13, 2023
The alluring tail of the Luna moth is surprisingly useless for finding a mate By Jamie Dickman / Apr 12, 2023
Sea cucumbers have a Spiderman-esque superpower—and it involves their butts By Laura Baisas / Apr 12, 2023
Do magic tricks work on monkeys? Only if they have opposable thumbs like us. By Laura Baisas / Apr 4, 2023
Scientists are finally getting into the rhythm of sea creatures’ lunar cycle By Virat Markandeya/Knowable Magazine / Apr 2, 2023
Otters are back, but that doesn’t mean our rivers are safe By Carin Leong/Hakai Magazine / Mar 31, 2023
What video game-playing mice taught neuroscientists about memory-making By Andrew Paul / Mar 30, 2023
These newly discovered bioluminescent sea worms are named after Japanese folklore By Laura Baisas / Mar 29, 2023