Sorting out how microbes survive on supposedly sterilized spacecraft
As much as humans want to discover life on other planets, we also want to make sure we didn’t accidentally send it there.
As much as humans want to discover life on other planets, we also want to make sure we didn’t accidentally send it there.
Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) often grow up to twelve-feet long, but they’re still surprisingly hard to find in the wild.
At meal time, snakes aren’t terribly interested in plants.
As countless action movies have taught us, one of the best tactics to defeat an unstoppable adversary is to use their strengths against them.
One of the jobs of many bird nests is to keep the eggs, and later chicks, safe from harm.
Is it possible to be too good at your job?
The arrival of an invasive species is usually terrible news for an ecosystem.
White-tailed deer are picky eaters, which poses bigger problems than your usual worries about dietary health.
Why would a fish need a boat?
While humans may try to boost their babies’ brains by playing classical music to embryos, a variety of aquatic animals indicate that the real way to teach unborn offspring is with the smell of death.