Stories by Brian Owens

The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation

The country is gearing up to get rid of rats, possums, stoats and other invasive predators by 2050. Is it a pipe dream?

Ecologists fear plan to seal off the U.S. from Mexico would put wildlife at risk

Security expert warns that schools’ “Frankensteined” networks open doors for hackers

Additives to road salt designed to make it more environmentally friendly might still have tradeoffs

Multiple independent gene transfers are now documented to occur in the evolutionary history of eukaryotic life, not just among prokaryotes

Our awareness of our own speech often comes after the words have left our mouth, not before

A study suggests that brain activity, not gut hormones, account for fiber's weight-control action

Researchers may have been focusing on the wrong gene

An industry backlash is expected over the World Health Organization's suggested cut in intake

Bacteria in scent glands give information about hosts' species, sex and reproductive state

A species of flying mammals roosts in megaphone-shaped leaves that amplify their calls from "friends"

Changes in atmospheric pressure are found to reduce mating in beetles, moths and aphids

Direct evidence now shows that gut bacteria play a role in obesity, but the effect depends on a healthy diet

The antimicrobial treatment could help to solve modern bacterial resistance

Mercury pollution in marine animals might be behind a population crash of foxes on a Russian island