A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
Programs that provide sustainable certification for fisheries may be too generous with their accreditation.
Floating pools of plastic debris in the Pacific offer more surfaces for marine insects to lay eggs.
A new brown tree snake control strategy takes to the skies as scientists scatter toxic rodents over Guam’s forest canopy.
A population of neurons in pigeon brains encodes direction, intensity, and polarity of the Earth’s magnetic field.
A new meta-analysis of farming practices suggests that traditional methods of cultivating food plants result in heftier harvests than do organic strategies.
Chinese scientists claim to have cloned a lamb carrying a roundworm gene that aids in the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Living cells escaping from Antarctic glaciers could speed global warming and affect marine life.
Satellites are used to count the number of penguins living in Antarctica.