Can You Hear It? The Cicadas Are Back
After 17 years quietly developing under the soil, 3 species of periodical cicadas emerged this summer. How do these insects coordinate?
No, Trophy Hunting Won’t Protect Wildlife
Killing wildlife to save it isn't a viable strategy. We can create diverse, self-sustaining ecosystems without trophy hunting.
The Amazingly Complex World of Insect Navigation
Dung beetles, ants, and other insects navigate in mysterious ways.
The Sticky History of Adhesives
Our Pleistocene ancestors in southern Africa made and used glue-like adhesives as early as the Middle Stone Age.
What Lies Beneath the Museum?
Paradoxically, museum specimens of long-dead animals may offer us the keys to protecting live ones.
Guess What? You’re a Superorganism.
The White House has announced the "microbiome moonshot" – a push to understand the human microbiome.
Why the Pounds Won’t Stay Off
Weight loss is a biological problem, and it will require a biological solution.
The Not-So-Clean Side of Natural Gas
Methane leaks are a serious but oft-overlooked cause of pollution.
Copernicus’s Body Identified by Stray Hair
Stuck in a book for centuries, strands of Copernicus's hair helped identify his body in 2005.
Reinterpreting The Chauvet Cave Paintings
Do France’s Chauvet Cave paintings depict a contemporary volcanic eruption? Recent research argues that they do.