Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
A type of scallop expels water and waste through a sort of cough that could reveal clues about water quality.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
Decades can pass between the discovery of a new animal or plant and its official debut in the scientific literature.
An all-female species, distantly related to flatworms, steals all of genetic material it needs to diversify its genome.
The largest collection of genetic and medical data in the United States links telomeres and genetic variants to longevity and disease.
Continued overfishing of forage fish such as sardines and herring can result in devastating ecological and economic outcomes.
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Snapshots from an annual meeting that celebrates the birth of a prominent biologist