"A sea turtle's life begins in darkness," writes John R. Platt of SciAm's Extinction Countdown blog. Buried in nests along the beach about 50 centimeters below the surface, they must first break out of their eggs before climbing and scraping their way up through the sand...
The Christmas Island frigatebirds (Fregata andrewsi) know how to call attention to themselves, especially the males, which inflate bright, red gular pouches on their necks to attract females...
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Its been an exciting first week on the job as the new editor of Scientific Americans blog networka huge thank you to our bloggers, the SciAm staff, and the rest of the online community for extending such a warm welcome...
With a new year comes new beginnings, and today I am thrilled to take the helm of the Scientific American blog network. Home to more than 40 blogs and 60 bloggers, it is a federation of some Webs most creative science communicators, who encourage daily discussions of the many ways in which science influences our [...]..
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