You are much more likely to die in a car crash than from terrorism. Yet, philosopher Eran Fish says fearing terrorism more is justified.
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A toxicologist explains the impacts of antidepressants on fish — and no, they're not getting any happier.
If cocaine affects sharks at all, it does so as an anesthetic, not as a stimulant.
Disease kills off 40% of farmed catfish. This gene protects them.
Sweet, bitter, salty, sour. These are the four basic tastes we were taught in grade school. But there is a fifth: umami. And it's everywhere.
"Ghost gear" leads to hundreds of thousands of animal deaths.
Without even realizing it, we’ve actually become pretty god-like in our powers.
Hundreds of millions of animals get killed for meat every day.
Although mammals may be the dominant form of life today, we're relative newcomers on planet Earth. Here's our place in natural history.
Tracing the origin and development of jaws — and other anatomical features that humans share — sheds some light on how we came to be.
Environmental progress is happening quickly but we must keep pushing for change.
The spikes in their mouths would have helped them catch squid or fish.
Deep underwater, temperatures are close to freezing and the pressure is 1,000 times higher than at sea level.
James Suzman lived with a tribe of hunter-gatherers to witness how an ancient culture survives one of the most brutal climates on Earth. His learnings may surprise you.
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The flavor is "simultaneously fascinating and... abusive."
Local researchers identify a striking rainbow-colored fairy wrasse found off the coast of the Maldives as a fish species all its own.
The ominous cloud of acid rain hasn't vanished but rather drifted toward the developing world.
If dogs are out in coats and boots, how are the squirrels feeling?
If someone can make you feel insecure, incomplete, and inadequate, they then can present themselves as the solution you need.
The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.
13.8 columnist Marcelo Gleiser reflects on his recent voyage to Earth's last wild continent.
Venerated astrophysicist Carl Sagan entertained the possibility.
Fish are surprisingly good in numbers tests — a skill that sometimes makes the difference between life and death.
Metaphors like the Great Chain of Being can lead people to misunderstand evolution and humanity’s place in the web of life.
Human beings are descendants of these early tetrapods – at least those who made a new life on land.
Oxytocin can boost heart cells' ability to regenerate.
At least one of Earth's creatures is able to survive the vacuum of space.
Now they're pointing the way to future battery technologies.
Quelle horreur! Paris isn't just a 15-minute city; it's a five-minute city.