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Crows May Learn Lessons From Death

October 3, 2015

Science Crows May Learn Lessons From Death A new study investigated what crows might understand about death. Credit Art Wolfe/Science Source  Carl Zimmer In recent years, a peculiar sort of …

EXCLUSIVE: "Glowing" Sea Turtle Discovered

October 2, 2015

[embedplusvideo height=”395″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1hfZKt9″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/9kmE7D5ulSA?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=9kmE7D5ulSA&width=650&height=395&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep3895″ /]   EXCLUSIVE: “Glowing” Sea Turtle Discovered National Geographic While filming coral off the Solomon Islands, David Gruber, a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, …

Encholirium kranzianum Leme & Forzza sp. nov.

October 2, 2015

Encholirium kranzianum Leme & Forzza sp. nov. (Figs. 3, 4) Phytotaxa 227(1): 013-024. 2015 This new species is related to E. pulchrum and E. scrutor, but can be easily distinguished …

The Stolen Birds of Brazil

October 2, 2015

Juliana Machado Ferreira: The Stolen Birds of Brazil Every year, poachers remove 38 million animals from natural habitats in Brazil to supply the illegal wildlife trade. Conservation biologist and National …

Five Reasons To Thank Plankton

October 1, 2015

[embedplusvideo height=”395″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1FIv27v” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/23mrtGCkAH8?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=23mrtGCkAH8&width=650&height=395&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep8014″ /]   For too long plankton have slaved away in obscurity, making the world a better place for generations of ungrateful humans. Until …