Honey bees inject venom with a two-stroke stinger
Unlike other poisonous animals, bees use a strange set of pistons to pump toxin
Unlike other poisonous animals, bees use a strange set of pistons to pump toxin
Author: Erik Stokstad
U.S. crop genome sequencing gets $180 million boost
Department of Agriculture will expand effort to describe genetics of seed banks
Department of Agriculture will expand effort to describe genetics of seed banks
World’s once-largest penguin colony is in perilous decline
Climate change appears to have made food scarce for chinstrap penguins, which had numbered more than 1 million on a remote South Atlantic island
Climate change appears to have made food scarce for chinstrap penguins, which had numbered more than 1 million on a remote South Atlantic island
Canada commits $1.2 billion to protect oceans while pushing ahead with pipeline
Scientists welcome new money but remain cautious about weakening environmental protections
Scientists welcome new money but remain cautious about weakening environmental protections
One of nature’s greatest marine wonders may be about to vanish
An algal bloom has almost wiped out a unique population of giant cuttlefish—and their stunning mating swarms
An algal bloom has almost wiped out a unique population of giant cuttlefish—and their stunning mating swarms
California to spend billions on ‘visionary’ plan to boost fish habitat
But skeptics question whether effort to save San Francisco Bay delta region will work without allocating more water for nature
But skeptics question whether effort to save San Francisco Bay delta region will work without allocating more water for nature
To doom invasive fish, scientists are breeding ‘supermales’
Technique shown to eradicate exotic trout—by producing all male populations
Technique shown to eradicate exotic trout—by producing all male populations
Halted dam releases threaten Colorado river ecosystems
Amid severe water shortage, federal authorities canceled actions for managing fish and sandbars
Amid severe water shortage, federal authorities canceled actions for managing fish and sandbars
‘Superarm’ helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
Pigeons sense Earth’s magnetic field in an entirely new way
Specialized hair cells pick electric currents induced by magnetism
Specialized hair cells pick electric currents induced by magnetism