This Week: Death of the mastadon
In the News: Antarctic ozone hole: 10th largest on record!
Coming Thursday: Return of the wild: Coyotes, bears and turkeys are back!
They may seem like the lowliest members of the animal kingdom, but dung beetles around the world sport a spectacular diversity of ‘horns.’ The strange appendages have forced biologists to reassess their understanding of evolution.
Birds musta gotten a lesson from fighter planes: Bird wings get lift from a leading edge vortex, just like fighter planes.
Ancient bacteria used photosynthesis but did not make oxygen. It might have been primitive, but it worked!
Giant Australian cuttlefish cross-dresses to mate. Small males temporarily look like females, mating right under the noses of the big boys!
German dog learneh through fast mapping, much the same way children learn words. So why don’t other dogs have such a good vocabulary?
Spiders stick to surfaces with tiny hairs, using van der Waals forces. Small critters use small forces to big advantage.
Old museum collection sheds light on vanishing land snails of Polynesia.
Flower power: Orchid makes a chemical that attracts wasps by mimicking female pheromone.