Biology
Bacterial Predators Surprise Scientists with Hidden Diversity
A vast group of mollusk-like microbes toting shells and trapping bacteria has many more members than suspected
Stories by Jennifer Frazer
Biology
Trapped in a Black Pit, Ants Refuse to Give Up
Where civilization-destroying weapons once lay, humble wood ants meet a science-fiction-like end
Biology
In the Year Following Fire, a Mushroom Bonanza
Morels, odd yet delicious, are often hard to find—but not in western forests that just burned
Biology
2 Lichen Mysteries Solved Reveal a Greater Hidden Truth
A pair of look-alike lichens may have outed a creature that escaped detection by biologists for centuries
Biology
Sharks' Rep Hurt by Scary Theme Music
"Objective" documentaries may be unintentionally biasing viewers
Biology
Newly Crowned Oldest Vertebrate May Live to 400
...and it doesn't reach sexual maturity until around 150
Biology
50-Million-Year-Old Insect Jumped Out of Skin to Escape Amber Tsunami
A mushroom, an insect skin and a mammal hair all walk into the same piece of amber...
Evolution
80 Percent of Open-Ocean Fish Make Light
Lighting up is the rule, not the exception, for marine fish
Biology
My First Radiolab Interview: From Tree to Shining Tree
What goes on under the forest floor may astound you
Biology
Desert Moss Makes Water Trap So Powerful It Can Hoist Water against Gravity
Could you survive on only the moisture in fog? This moss can
Biology
Predator? No Problem--Water Fleas Grow Weapons
The water flea Daphnia grows its own helmets, spikes and crests in response to chemical cues that predators are near
Evolution
Butterflies in the Time of Dinosaurs, with Nary a Flower in Sight
Jurassic butterflies disappeared a full 45 million years before the first caterpillar decided to grow up and become a beautiful butterfly—again
Biology
Fungi in Space!
If you can make it on Earth, can you make it on "Mars"?
Biology
80 Percent of Young Environmental Scientists Could Use More Natural History Training
Natural history is vanishing from the academic ecosystem, and it may be harming our ability to make big theoretical advances
Biology
Cat Sharks Send Secret, Fluorescent Messages
A few sharks fluoresce like ravers at a club. But why?
Evolution
Under Soil and above Caves, a Warren of Hidden Life
Off limits to humans, the cracks and crevices of the epikarst hide a vast and diverse world of animals
Biology
A Jellyfish So Surreal That It Looks Unreal Is Discovered on the Enigma Seamount
The beautiful, bizarre animal was discovered this week during NOAA's exploration of the area around the Mariana Trench
Evolution
Crumpled Sock? Churro? No, That's Just Xenoturbella
Four new species of a rarely seen, bizarre sea creature have been discovered in eastern Pacific Ocean, and their genetic evidence confirms a pivotal evolutionary placement
Biology
Wanted: Natural History Transcriptionists
Love natural history and good at deciphering handwriting? Then the citizen science project "Notes From Nature" has got a job for you.
Evolution
New Oldest Fungus Fossil Grew Like Dry Rot
... but so long ago wood had not evolved yet.
