Sea Otters Have Helped Bolster California’s Kelp Forest
Sea otters float amid a forest of kelp off California’s Central Coast. Mario Tama / Getty Images Sea otters are...
How Do Animals React to a Total Solar Eclipse? Scientists Document Strange and Surprising Behaviors
As a total solar eclipse darkened the sky during the afternoon of August 31, 1932, citizen scientist Joseph R. Burgess...
How David Attenborough Went From Delighting at the Natural World to Pleading for Its Future
Every morning, the smooth-coated otters of Singapore patrol their urban territories to guard against invading clans. Traffic wardens hold back...
Endangered Woodpeckers Find a New Home on a Military Training Ground
Sitting cross-legged on the mossy forest floor, I try not to make a sound as I swat away mosquitoes. The...
Why We Love Eclipses
Eclipses have been a subject of fascination throughout human history, and the fact that we now have a clearer understanding...
Kamikaze bacteria explode into bursts of lethal toxins
Enlarge / The plague bacteria, Yersina pestis, is a close relative of the toxin-producing species studied here. Callista Images Life-forms...
Gravitational waves reveal “mystery object” merging with a neutron star
Enlarge / Artistic rendition of a black hole merging with a neutron star. LIGO/VIRGO/KAGRA detected a merger involving a neutron...