Modern Polar Bears Are Really From Ireland
While polar bears are famous for living in and around the icy Arctic Circle, scientists looking into the bears' family tree found that they originated from a species of Brown Bear native to Ireland...
View ArticleTED Talk: Jonathan Drori on Tricks Flowers Play on Pollinators
There are over 250,000 species of flowering plants. While some can rely on self-pollination, many rely on a wide range of other animals and insects to pollinate them so that they can reproduce. What's...
View ArticleFungi Thriving in a Warmer World Suspected in Mass Forest Extinctions
Image: Dominic/CC Pandas and tigers make better poster children for human impacts on biodiversity. But in the face of news like the massive recall of turkey meat with antibiotic resistant salmonella,...
View ArticleMysterious Orange Goo on Alaskan Shores Turns Out to Be Possibly Toxic Fish Eggs
This one sounds like the beginning of a B movie- last week, the residents of Kivalina, Alaska were surprised to find a mysterious orange goo washing up on their shores. It was determined that
View ArticleGlowing "Ghost" Mushrooms Reappear in Brazil After 170 Years
If you think glowing mushrooms are the figment of some trippy imagination, think again. After its initial discovery back in 1840, one of the most bioluminescent species of
View ArticleBillboard Houses Bats and Translates Their Speech, Tells Us What's Up
If you've ever seen a colony of bats on the move and wondered what they're up to, this is the billboard for you. The "Bat Billboard," a collaboration of designer Chris Woebken and artist Natalie...
View ArticleScientist Seals Himself in Box to Prove Importance of Plants
Gasp: what some people will do in the name of science. Dr. Iain Stewart, a famous geologist, is going to be sealed into an air-tight lucite box for 48 hours.
View ArticleCroatia's Rich Underground World at Risk from Dam
Spiders, scorpions, millipedes, and a pale, eyeless salamander are unlikely poster animals for a conservation campaign, but plans to wash away their habitat in the
View ArticleCells with Installed "Operating Systems" Could Create New Life Forms
Researchers are working on "reprogramming" cells to create customized organisms that can be used for everything from new medicines to environmental clean-up crews.
View ArticleNew "Cyborg" Yeast Can Be Controlled By Computer
A breakthrough in controlling yeast with computers gives a glimpse at where science is headed with controlling lifeforms.
View ArticlePlant with Eggbeater-Shaped Hairs Inspires New Waterproof Coating
The unusually shaped hairs on the leaves of this floating weed is the foundation for a high-tech waterproof material.
View ArticleIncredible Images of a Microscopic World from Olympus BioScapes Competition
The 8th photo competition has brought to one place some of the most stunning images of the tiniest inhabitants of our planet.
View ArticleScientists Need Your Help to Identify Whale Dialects
Marine biologists are harnessing the power of the hive mind to match recordings of whale calls—and you can help!
View Article6 Species Proving Humans Aren't the Only Intelligent Ones on the Planet
Humans pride themselves on their intelligence but a growing body of research is showing that animals, too, posses some of the ingenuity once thought unique to Homo Sapiens
View ArticleArtist's Luminous Botanical Diagrams Reveal Nature's Inner Intelligence (Video)
Think botanical drawings are boring? Combining science, art and technology, artist Macoto Murayama rethinks how floral forms are documented with his stunning artworks.
View ArticleBees Use Sign Language to Give Hornets the Finger
Honeybees don't just communicate with each other through "sign language". They do the same for predators to warn them off. And it works.
View ArticleClimate Change May Kill Off 900 Bird Species By 2100
Tropical bird species will be hit especially hard by continued warming, the authors of a new scientific review say, urging further conservation measures.
View ArticleNoise Pollution Makes It Harder For Plants to Have Sex
Shh. Trees are trying to get it on.
View ArticleBiomolecular Processes Observed with New Imaging Tool
A biomolecular imaging tool will helps scientists watch how pollutants or diseases affect processes in our bodies, visualizing biochemicals in cells.
View ArticleMidway: A Symbol of Hope for Planet Earth
Midway has moved from "bullets to birds" and our visit to the atoll reveals the incredible ecosystem that teaches us lessons on sustainability both here and globally.
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