Biology
Florida Oaks Host Exciting Parasite-on-Parasite Action
There’s no honor among thieves
Stories by Jennifer Frazer
Biology
Get Big Quick? Just Graft Some Friends
The marine invertebrate Ectopleura larynx is perfectly happy to glue strangers to itself to grow its team
Biology
What Bored These Tunnels inside Thai Garnets?
Nothing quite like the branching, fusing and synchronously turning tunnels has ever been seen before
Biology
Parasitic Plants Have a Surprising Accomplice
Plant stakeout reveals never-before-seen seed disperser
Evolution
How Truffles Got Attention in a Land with No Mammals to Smell Them
Scientists turn to fossil poo in an effort to prove a long-standing hypothesis
Biology
Predatory Fish Darken to Encourage Hesitant – and Delicious – Cleaner Shrimp [Video]
Hungry shrimp flag down customers by waving antennae; customers encourage reluctant cleaners by changing colors
Biology
Bacterial Harpoons Pluck Naked DNA from the Environment for Sex, Snacks [Video]
Natural bacterial transformation happens, thanks to sticky, flexible fibers called pili
Biology
Tiny Orchid Seeds Possess Understated Beauty and, Occasionally, Tools
Enterprising seeds secure preferred real estate by deploying coiled threads
Evolution
Blanket Hermit Crabs Use Anemones as Defensive Snuggies
Invertebrate apparel is apparently nonplussed
Biology
Giant Flatworms Invaded France and Ran Amok for 2 Decades before Scientists Realized It
Worms are living the dream of 400 years of medieval English armies
Biology
Algae Living inside Salamanders Aren't Happy about the Situation
The world’s only known vertebrate–microbe symbiosis appears to be good for the salamander, but stressful for the alga. So why do they put up with it?
Evolution
Fungus MacGyvered Gravity Sensor from Stolen Bacterial Protein
Chewing gum and baking soda not required
Biology
Zombie Cicadas' Bodies Are Literally Falling Apart
Parasitic fungus manipulates bodies and bedroom behavior of hapless insects
Culture
A Big Garden: A Where's Waldo? World of Botany and Whimsy
Deeply weird but beautifully illustrated new children’s book channels Hieronymous Bosch
Biology
Prions Are Forever
The lethal proteins are in the Hard-to-Kill Hall of Fame--and may be more common than we realize
Biology
Shameless Bacterial Predator Remodels Its Own Prey
Bacterial big game hunters drill into victims, brace the hole, and then seal the wound behind them
Biology
Wonderful Things: A Transparent Plant
Filmy ferns live up to their name
Biology
New Zealand's Most Patriotic Mushroom
Tylopilus formosus is all black.
Biology
Music for the Space Age Houseplant
1970 called—it wants its plant playlist back
Biology
Smarty Plants--My Latest Guest Spot for Radiolab
In which we revisit the hot-button topic of plant intelligence
