Microbes Play a Role in Creating New Species. Recent experiments conducted by Seth Bordenstein and Robert Brucker at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee suggests that two related species could interbreed only ...

Invasion of the Lionfish. Lionfish are exotic looking fish with long poisonous spines and distinct stripes. Native to the Pacific Ocean, they were accidentally brought over to the Atlantic. Today, lionfish are overwhelming ...

Cultivating bacteria in outer space, Australian parrot might not be extinct after all, and crickets behave differently when others are watching.

Saving the Cape Parrot. The most endangered parrot in the world now numbers fewer than 1,000 individuals. The beautiful green and gold cape parrot in native to South Africa, but it is an environmental specialist—it ...

Is Mammoth Blood Find More Media Hype Than Science? National Geographic focuses on the recent find of a wooly mammoth carcass in Russia’s frozen north. Media reports that the carcass might contain red blood and possible ...

Kermit Needs a Hug. A new U.S. Geographical Survey has revealed that the pace of amphibian disappearance in the United States is much faster than previously thought. Frogs, salamanders and other amphibians have been ...

New World Record for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Some world records provide a reason to celebrate. Not this one. It is estimated that in the late eighteenth century, carbon dioxide levels in the air would have been about ...

Hobbyist Bioengineering. On the heels of recent news that readily available 3­D printers and computer software can be used to manufacture firearms at home, New York Times reporter Andrew Pollack discusses another controversial ...