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Ecologically- and economically-rich coral reefs occur in very specific places on our planet.
New species finds include a succulent plant, worms and crustaceans near a hydrothermal vent and desert bees.
How can we effectively communicate the urgency around plastic pollution in the ocean to effect change?
What if we could transform these bad viruses to do good, and have them help society instead of harm it?
What naturalists a century ago can help us learn about the effects of a warming planet.
In English and Spanish. Gourma elephants make record trips traversing the desert.
Here's some current research news from the animal kingdom—from hyper-clean parasitic wasps to waterfall-climbing fish to emotional birds.
A group of undergraduates from Stanford and Brown compete in a genetic engineering competition using synthetic biology techniques to answer astrobiology questions.
For our first science news round-up of 2013, we’ll focus on worms—the good, the hungry, and the productive!