
Nematodes on Best of the Blogs, and an Interview with Woese
Jennifer Frazer, an AAAS Science Journalism Award–winning science writer, authored The Artful Amoeba blog for Scientific American. She has degrees in biology, plant pathology and science writing.

Nematodes on Best of the Blogs, and an Interview with Woese

Cameron's Team Divulges Discoveries in Deepest Trenches on Earth

The Colossal Squid is Still At Large, and Other Thoughts on the Giant Squid's Deep Sea Film Debut

A Stuffy Government Yearbook and Its Beautiful, Exotic Worms

Nematode Roundworms Own This Place

Mosses With a Real Inferiority Complex

The Startling Mechanical Beauty of a Rotifer in Motion

Darwin's Neon Golf Balls

Archaea Are More Wonderful Than You Know

Take This Shell and Shove It: The Mollusk That Became a Worm

The Dark Bacillus Crystal

Were Weirdo Ediacarans Really Lichens, Fungi, and Slime Molds?

Pesky Glaciers and Differing Geography Forced Faster Conifer Evolution in Northern Hemisphere

Mycoplasma "Ghosts" Can Rise From the Dead

Just What is Exserohilum rostratum?

Fungal Meningitis Pathogen Discovers New Appetite for Human Brains
The primary culprit in the recent flare-up caused by tainted steroids, Exserohilum rostratum, is not an especially picky eater. Although the fungus prefers grasses, it will dine on many items—including humans

Solar-Powered Plankton Take Monty Python Advice: Run Away

Diatoms, or The Trouble with Life in Glass Houses

Eight Legs? Check. Microscopic? Check. Cuddly? Check.

Extinction by Design: Guinea Worm

Extinction by Design: Rinderpest

Science Online 2012: Pirate Branding, Life as a Sperm, and Scheming Fireflies

Deadly and Delicious Amanitas Can No Longer Decompose

How Ballistic Cup Fungi Fire Their Spores (and Look Cool Doing It)