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ecology, culture

Why Fish Don’t Exist TS Book Club Discussion
The Scientist | Jan 28, 2021 | 1 min read
Join The Scientist on March 19 to discuss Lulu Miller’s book about a determined taxonomist whose life and work constitute a fable illustrating the hazards of categorization.
Hot Off the Presses
Bob Grant | Jul 1, 2016 | 3 min read
The Scientist reviews Serendipity, Complexity, The Human Superorgasism, and Love and Ruin
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | May 1, 2016 | 4 min read
Sorting the Beef from the Bull, Cheats and Deceits, A Sea of Glass, and Following the Wild Bees
Book Excerpt from The Serengeti Rules
Sean B. Carroll | Mar 31, 2016 | 5 min read
In the introduction to the book, author Sean B. Carroll draws the parallels between ecological and physiological maladies.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Feb 1, 2016 | 3 min read
What Should a Clever Moose Eat?, The Illusion of God's Presence, GMO Sapiens, and Why We Snap
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | May 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Madness and Memory, Promoting the Planck Club, The Carnivore Way, and The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Apr 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Cancer Virus, A Window on Eternity, Murderous Minds, and The Extreme Life of the Sea
Natural-Born Doctors
Sabrina Richards | Oct 22, 2012 | 4 min read
Bees, sheep, and chimps are just a few of the animals known to self-medicate. Can they teach us about maintaining our own health?
Stalking Sharks
Jef Akst | Aug 30, 2012 | 3 min read
Researchers monitor the movement of the Pacific’s largest predators and share the information with the world in real time.
Food's Afterlife
Edyta Zielinska | May 25, 2012 | 1 min read
Meals left to mold develop colors, mycelia, and beads of digested juices, sparking the eye of an artist, and the slight concern of a mycologist.
The Sweet Sounds of Spider Silk
Megan Scudellari | Mar 7, 2012 | 1 min read
A researcher spins spider silk into violin strings.
Climate Conflict of Interest?
Megan Scudellari | Feb 24, 2012 | 1 min read
Greenpeace flags researchers' payments from a climate change skeptic organization.
Genghis Jon
Cristina Luiggi | Feb 1, 2012 | 4 min read
By helping Mongolians cultivate an understanding of their native insect fauna, scientists hope to protect the country's unique yet fragile ecosystems.
Capsule Reviews
Richard P. Grant | Jan 1, 2012 | 4 min read
Our Dying Planet, Here Be Dragons, Rat Island, Harnessed
Top 7 in Ecology
Bob Grant | Dec 6, 2011 | 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in ecology, from Faculty of 1000
Orangutans Have Culture
Bob Grant | Oct 25, 2011 | 1 min read
A study shows that different populations of the Southeast Asian ape display and transmit specific behaviors through generations in a way similar to human cultures.
Bug Fest 2011
Edyta Zielinska | Aug 25, 2011 | 1 min read
Earlier this month (August 13-14) thousands of children and bug-loving adults descended on the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, where all manner of insect—dead, alive, and deep fried—were on display to be looked at, touched and, yes...eaten.
Beetle Mania
Edyta Zielinska | Aug 25, 2011 | 3 min read
Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences was crawling with bugs, and The Scientist went down to join in the fun.
An Unlichenly Pair
Hannah Waters | Aug 1, 2011 | 3 min read
A young botanist pays tribute to his mentor by naming a newly discovered, rare species in his honor.
Book excerpt from The Wild Life of Our Bodies
Rob Dunn | Jun 4, 2011 | 7 min read
In Chapter 9, "We Were Hunted, Which is Why All of Us are Afraid Some of the Time and Some of Us are Afraid All of the Time," author Rob Dunn explains how predators shaped our evolution as we cowered and ran from their ravenous maws.
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