As invasive snakes expand territory, some mammal populations drop by more than 90 percent within a decade. (p. 5)

Munched by a manipulated microbe, ocean algae readily yield ethanol.

Monkeys and apes are considered edible game in many parts of Africa. As Africans have emigrated to other parts of the world, some have retained their love of this so-called bushmeat. A new study now finds that even when smoked, meat from nonhuman primates — from chimps to monkeys — can host potentially dangerous viruses. Smuggled imports confiscated at U.S. airports provided the samples tested in this investigation.

This story is being written by a person sitting in a bathtub. It doesn’t have water in it, because the person is fully dressed and typing on a laptop computer. This isn’t the most convenient place to work, with a file folder of notes propped on a soap dish and awkward conversations when someone else in the house thumps on the door and asks what's taking so long.  Bathtubs, however, are very comforting for people writing about tiny, crawling bugs that suck blood. That’s why I’ve chosen a bathtub as a place to write about bedbugs. Visit the new Science News for Kids websi...