News

  1. Earth

    Is Teddy a pollution magnet?

    Stuffed toys can accumulate high concentrations of potentially toxic air pollutants.

    By Janet Raloff
  2. Ecosystems

    Feminized cod on the high seas

    Male cod in the open ocean are producing an egg-yolk protein ordinarily made only by females, signaling their potential exposure to estrogen-mimicking pollutants.

    By Janet Raloff
  3. Earth

    Elevated pesticide threatens amphibians

    The survival of certain mountain-dwelling amphibians may be threatened by toxic pesticides that are blown uphill from distant agricultural lands in California's Central Valley.

    By Janet Raloff
  4. Animals

    Face Time: Bees can tell apart human portraits

    Honeybees will learn to zoom up to particular human faces in a version of a facial-recognition test used for people.