Top Eight Ocean Stories That Made Waves in 2016 2016 wasn’t all bad: Stubborn environmental problems were livened up thanks to new solutions, “gee whiz” discoveries and mysterious orbs This …
Tillandsia mollis W.Till & H. Hromadnik spec nova Pl. Syst. Evol. 142:123-128. (1983)
A rare half-male, half-female butterfly — and other photos of evolutionary wonders Writer May-Ying Lam Photos By Robert Clark. The genetic mutations leading to gynandromorphy — the possession of male and female …
Meet the Newly Discovered Pollinators Under the Sea The tiny crustaceans are challenging previous assumptions about how plants grow underwater By Erin Blakemore Scientists have long assumed that plants that …
World’s highest plants discovered 20,000 feet above sea level Vascular plants aren’t supposed to be able to grow there. Bryan Nelson This cushion plant is a relative of the ones …
Japan tests innovative magnetic tether for slowing space junk Science Photo Library – More than 5,000 space missions have left Earth’s orbit increasingly congested Japan has launched a cargo ship …
Fantastical creatures spring to life out of clay Mary Jo DiLonardo In ‘Red Fox,’ you can see such intricate details in the animal’s clay fur. (Photo: Evgeny Hontor) In a …
How Warming Threatens the Genetic Diversity of Species, and Why It Matters by jim robbins Luisa Rivera/Yale E360 Research on stoneflies in Glacier National Park indicates that global warming …
Scientists produce faster-growing crops Scientists have improved “the most important biological process on the planet” – photosynthesis. The breakthrough, published in the journal Science, used genetic modification to increase the …