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biology
Jackie Appel • March 3, 2021
About 10 vaquitas are left on the planet, but a new study confirms fishing nets pose a much bigger extinction threat than inbreeding
Casey Crownhart • January 25, 2021
The popular weed killer could impair honeybees’ immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to infections
Lauren Leffer • December 18, 2020
The discovery of organisms that are new to science has historically required years of field work, but species could become something we create instead of find
Lauren Leffer • November 19, 2020
You’ve heard of the fly on the wall, but what about the crow in the city?
Curtis Segarra • May 22, 2020
Wildlife-police raids and customs inspections are trying to halt this highly invasive species
Jessica Romeo • November 20, 2018
Instead of trying to compete with Mother Nature, Tak-Sing Wong draws inspiration from her
Charlie Wood • April 2, 2018
Living longer will shake up social institutions, experts say
Lucy Hicks • March 9, 2018
The biology behind the rare “tampon disease,” toxic shock syndrome
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega • December 9, 2017
Neglected by the health care system, many immigrants are finding relief in medicinal herbs
Emiliano Rodríguez Mega • November 13, 2017
An amendment that gives a free pass to genetically modified crops causes legal turmoil
Dan Robitzski • September 25, 2017
Here’s how a powerful breed of guard dogs turned into humanity’s cruelest genetics experiment
Ellen Airhart • July 26, 2017
A researcher who watercolored a salamander on her thesis now runs an art gallery
Dan Robitzski • July 26, 2017
If you want to turn your kids into a bunch of little nerds, this is the place!
Dan Robitzski • June 21, 2017
Dr. Luca Guardabassi is finding new ways to weaken drug-resistant bacteria
Abigail Fagan • May 8, 2017
Scientists pinpoint how chemicals drive social behavior in ants