Six Surprising Facts About Spiderwebs
Intricate, strong, and rapidly-built, spider webs are more amazing even than they first appear. For a construction job done right, get a spider to do it.
What Makes a Brain “Speech Ready?”
Can monkeys talk? According to new research, they could, if their brains would let them.
What Did Manhattan Look Like in 1609?
The Welikia Project recreates a lost vision of Manhattan, one composed of marshes and forest surrounded by wide, meandering rivers.
One Way to a Cleaner Ocean? Plastics!
A new technology allows ships to dredge the ocean for plastic, then compress it into bricks. But plastic recycling has proved difficult in the past.
Extreme Napping in the Animal Kingdom
Although sleep is ubiquitous for animals with brains, differences in how, why, and for how long animals sleep remain unexplained.
Climate Change’s Winners?
Climate change may be helping some species thrive. But as evidenced by cephalopods and swans, where one species wins, another loses.
Avoiding Autoimmune Diseases
Avoiding autoimmune disease may depend on your social class and the ecosystems you’re exposed to.
The Incredible Range of Chimpanzee Behavior
So why are chimpanzee throwing rocks at trees? And then collecting the rocks in piles to use again?
Teddy Roosevelt Weighs in on the Evolution of Camouflage
In the years after his presidency, Roosevelt sent a letter to The Condor magazine criticizing painter Abbott Thayer's theory of animal camouflage.