Stories by Bob Hirshon

Journalist Bob Hirshon reports from the Taking Nature Black conference, reporter Shahla Farzan talks about tracking copperhead snakes, and nanoscientist Ondrej Krivanek discusses microscopes with subangstrom resolution.

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Millipedes, often blind, have come up with clever physical signals to ward off sexual advances from members of wrong species.

The residue of ancient urine can reveal the presence of early stationary herder-farmer communities.

During daylight hours, hundreds of bombardier beetles of multiple species will congregate together to more effectively ward off any predators not afraid of a lone beetle's toxic spray.