
The Walls Have Compound Eyes: Most Households Teem with Insect Life
Scientists find there’s nearly a 100 percent chance that bugs are creeping, slithering and hopping throughout your home at this very moment

The Walls Have Compound Eyes: Most Households Teem with Insect Life
Scientists find there’s nearly a 100 percent chance that bugs are creeping, slithering and hopping throughout your home at this very moment

Solar Power Expansion Could Pose Ecological Risks
Scientists are concerned about threats to biological diversity


The Unusual Abundance of Ascension Island
For a location that’s so difficult to reach, it’s astonishing how many speices have managed to make the journey

Little Creatures of the Deep [Slide Show]
A new robot successfully traps the larvae of exotic species living in the extremely deep ocean

Deep-Diving Dolphins Avoid "Bends" with Powerful Lungs
Collapsible lungs allow these sea mammals to inhale and exhale two to three times quicker than humans

Can Satellites Track Life on Earth from Space?
Scientists push for better use of satellites to monitor shifts in biodiversity

New Shark Week Film Shows Rarely Seen Sharks of Cuba
"Tiburones," on the Discovery Channel in early July, highlights growing U.S.–Cuban ocean science partnerships

Found: Life under Antarctica's Ice
An astonishing discovery is forcing scientists to reconsider whether life can exist in the most extreme places on Earth and in space

The Richest Reef: To Collect or Not to Collect?
Scientific divers aren’t looking to simply fill their collecting bags—they’re seeking scientific value, data that furthers their understanding of a place or process.

The Richest Reef: Where Have All the Predators Gone?
In the most biologically diverse marine ecosystem on the planet, fishing has wiped out apex predators like barracuda, grouper and sharks

Global Warming Spawns Hybrid Species
Call it the "grolar bear" dilemma: Are hybrids caused by climate change bad for species?

Roots of Animals' Individuality Revealed with "Groundhog Day" Experiments
Animals raised under the same conditions are creating a biological map of what makes individuals unique