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Life & Evolution

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Life & Evolution

Animals

Biophysics

Conservation

Ecology

Evolution

Fungi

Microbes

Paleontology

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an axolotl and a green anole

Mystery Solved Animals

How salamanders can regrow nearly complete tails but lizards can’t

Differences in stem cells in the spinal cord explain the amphibians’ ability.

By Leah Rosenbaum | 12:30pm, August 17, 2018

Animals

News | Animals

Here’s what robots could learn from fire ants

By Maria Temming | 2:04pm, August 16, 2018

News | Animals

A resurrected gene may protect elephants from cancer

By Aimee Cunningham | 2:23pm, August 14, 2018

News | Animals

In the animal kingdom, what does it mean to be promiscuous?

By Betsy Mason | 7:00am, August 13, 2018
Biophysics

News | Biophysics

Soaring spiders may get cues from electric charges in the air

By Laurel Hamers | 4:48pm, July 05, 2018

Feature | Biophysics

Meet the speedsters of the plant world

By Dan Garisto | 12:11pm, May 16, 2018

Science Visualized | Biophysics

See (and hear) the stunning diversity of bowhead whales’ songs

By Helen Thompson | 7:00am, April 30, 2018
Conservation

Feature | Conservation

More than 2 billion people lack safe drinking water. That number will only grow.

By Alexandra Witze | 7:00am, August 16, 2018

News in Brief | Conservation

With one island’s losses, the king penguin species shrinks by a third

By Susan Milius | 4:35pm, August 01, 2018

Reviews & Previews | Conservation

Got an environmental problem? Beavers could be the solution

By Sarah Zielinski | 10:49am, July 27, 2018
Ecology

News in Brief | Ecology

The giant iceberg that broke from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf is stuck

By Leah Rosenbaum | 7:00am, July 23, 2018

News in Brief | Ecology

Bloodflowers’ risk to monarchs could multiply as climate changes

By Susan Milius | 6:58pm, July 10, 2018

Reviews & Previews | Ecology

Why humans, and Big Macs, depend on bees

By Erika Engelhaupt | 8:00am, July 08, 2018
Evolution

The –est | Evolution

This killifish can go from egg to sex in two weeks

By Susan Milius | 3:04pm, August 06, 2018

News in Brief | Evolution

Fossil teeth show how a mass extinction scrambled shark evolution

By Carolyn Gramling | 11:00am, August 02, 2018

Introducing | Evolution

A new ankylosaur found in Utah had a surprisingly bumpy head

By Cassie Martin | 12:30pm, July 19, 2018
Fungi

News | Fungi

A deadly fungus is infecting snake species seemingly at random

By Laurel Hamers | 4:35pm, December 20, 2017

Science Ticker | Fungi

How a mushroom gets its glow

By Susan Milius | 9:00am, April 27, 2017

News in Brief | Fungi

How a mushroom gets its glow

By Susan Milius | 9:00am, April 27, 2017
Microbes

News | Microbes

A newly approved drug could be a boon for treating malaria

By Leah Rosenbaum | 10:00am, August 09, 2018

Science Ticker | Microbes

Rat lungworm disease is popping up in the mainland United States

By Leah Rosenbaum | 9:00am, August 03, 2018

News | Microbes

A medical mystery reveals a new host for the rat lungworm parasite

By Leah Rosenbaum | 5:00pm, July 30, 2018
Paleontology

Film | Paleontology

What ‘The Meg’ gets wrong — and right — about megalodon sharks

By Carolyn Gramling | 12:41pm, August 10, 2018

News in Brief | Paleontology

Paleontologists have ID’d the world’s biggest known dinosaur foot

By Cassie Martin | 7:00am, July 24, 2018

News in Brief | Paleontology

This amber nugget from Myanmar holds the first known baby snake fossil

By Laurel Hamers | 2:00pm, July 18, 2018
Plants

News | Plants

The most ancient African baobabs are dying and no one knows why

By Susan Milius | 7:00am, June 18, 2018

News | Plants

A caterpillar outwits corn defenses by gorging on fattening ‘junk’ food

By Susan Milius | 7:00am, May 22, 2018

News in Brief | Plants

New genetic details may help roses come up smelling like, well, roses

By Susan Milius | 11:00am, April 30, 2018

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