public health, ecology

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.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Competition for resources between mothers- and daughters-in-law having children at the same time could have been a driver for the emergence of menopause.

Researchers have found an increase in butterflies with unusual wing shapes, legs, and antennae than before the nuclear disaster.

A single camera unit can capture a moment in time at a mind-boggling resolution.

Floating pools of plastic debris in the Pacific offer more surfaces for marine insects to lay eggs.

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.

A deadly mushroom toxin shrinks pancreatic tumors in mice.

The BeetleCam is back! And this time, it’s lion proof. 

An armored, remote controlled contraption fitted with a camera snaps dangerously close pictures of lions in Masai Mara.

A researcher spins spider silk into violin strings.

Some thoughts about the ecological fallout from Fukushima

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Radiation in Fukushima Prefecture is reducing bird populations less than 1 year since the nuclear disaster.

Scientists use Google Earth to fact check official reports of fish farming in the Mediterranean.

For the past decade and a half, a crew of about 20 entomologists, water ecologists, and other specialists converges on the shorelines of Mongolia’s lakes, rivers, and streams, just when swarms of aquatic insects do the same.

Satellite imagery is giving biologists a whole new perspective on the phenomena they study.