Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly to Internet By AMY HARMONMARCH 15, 2016 This drawing comes from a video that explains to scientists how it could be possible …
Should All Research Papers Be Free? By KATE MURPHYMARCH 12, 2016 DRAWING comparisons to Edward Snowden, a graduate student from Kazakhstan named Alexandra Elbakyan is believed to be hiding out …
Aechmea xinguana Ana K Koch, Anna Ilkiu-Borges and Rafaela Forzza, sp. nova. Nordic Jour Bot. 000: 001-005. 2016 Aechmea xinguana differs from A. mertensii by red floral bracts that are …
Rain Forest Incubators of Life Photo: Scenic view from Mt. Des Voeux over pristine rain forest Photograph by Timothy G. Laman In Brazil, which houses 30 percent of the …
World heritage forests burn as global tragedy unfolds in Tasmania ‘Devastating’ long-term prognosis for ancient Gondwana ecosystem as bushfires turn trees more than 1,000 years old to tinder Fires have …
This Tiny Hummingbird Can Fly 1,200 Miles Without Stopping Justin Worland @justinworland Education Images—UIG via Getty ImagesA Ruby-throated Hummingbird They’re unlike other hummingbirds previously studied A type of hummingbird that …
Science: Newly Identified Bacteria Break Down Tough Plastic Michelle Hampson A new bacteria breaks down PET polymers that make up some water bottles and other common plastic containers. | Flickr/ …
World’s biggest floating solar farm powers up outside London Five years in planning and due to be finished in early March, more than 23,000 solar panels will be floated on …
What’s on Your Botanical Bucket List? From rare orchids to grizzled desert plants, experts weigh in on which flora they most want to see before they die A blooming Amorphophallus …
Taiwan and Hainan at Risk of Zika Spread, Scientist Warns Sinosphere By KEITH BRADSHER MARCH 9, 2016 An Aedes aegypti mosquito seen through a microscope at the Fiocruz Institute in …