There’s a new slow loris out there
…and you really don’t want one to bite you. That’s because the Kayan slow loris has a toxic chomp. The little guy has a gland on his arm that he […]
Category Archives: Ecology
Antarctic bacteria provide hope for alien life
Twenty-seven meters below the surface of east Antarctica isn’t a place you’d expect to see life, but researchers have found lots of it. Not only is the salty, negative 13 […]
Extinction ensuing? Make some clones
This is a little too Blade Runner-esque for comfort, but it is one way Brazil is fighting extinction of their native species. Throughout Brazil’s richly diverse habitats stretching from the Amazon […]
Rare whale species seen for the first time
It’s a bittersweet scientific discovery. Two spade-toothed beaked whales were found on Opape Beach in northern New Zealand, where the mother and calf had stranded themselves and died. A sad story, but […]
A bivalve population could have battled against Sandy
Unless you’re about to slurp them down or are a marine biologist, chances are you don’t think about oysters very much. But Paul Greenberg does. The New York Times op […]
New lizard species escapes extinction
Sometimes you discover something in the last place you’d expect. Like a new species near a housing development. Researchers from Australian National University happened upon the coastal plains skink, Ctenotus ora, […]
We salute you, cephalopods
Today marks the end of a International Cephalopod Awareness Days, during which we appreciate our tentacled, bilaterally symmetrical aquatic friends. More specifically, octopi, squid, nautili, and cuttlefish (and yes, it […]
Because sometimes science is cute
Congratulations, you made it to the middle of the week! As a reward, you get to watch Mitik, the newest addition to the New York Aquarium. Mitik is a 200-pound […]
View from the rainforest floor
We don’t find much biodiversity around Chicago’s neighborhoods and parks, unless of course, you happen to stroll into Lincoln Park Zoo. But even the zoo can’t compare to the richness […]
Working to bring back the peregrine
It’s not very often you can follow along with scientists’ work. Typically you just read about it when the study results are released and someone like Scientific American breaks it […]
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