Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
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You are much more likely to die in a car crash than from terrorism. Yet, philosopher Eran Fish says fearing terrorism more is justified.
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.
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.
Disease kills off 40% of farmed catfish. This gene protects them.
Without even realizing it, we’ve actually become pretty god-like in our powers.
“Ghost gear” leads to hundreds of thousands of animal deaths.
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.
New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them.
Environmental progress is happening quickly but we must keep pushing for change.
Tracing the origin and development of jaws — and other anatomical features that humans share — sheds some light on how we came to be.
The spikes in their mouths would have helped them catch squid or fish.
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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Deep underwater, temperatures are close to freezing and the pressure is 1,000 times higher than at sea level.
The ominous cloud of acid rain hasn’t vanished but rather drifted toward the developing world.
The flavor is “simultaneously fascinating and… abusive.”
If someone can make you feel insecure, incomplete, and inadequate, they then can present themselves as the solution you need.
13.8 columnist Marcelo Gleiser reflects on his recent voyage to Earth’s last wild continent.
If dogs are out in coats and boots, how are the squirrels feeling?
Local researchers identify a striking rainbow-colored fairy wrasse found off the coast of the Maldives as a fish species all its own.
The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.
Metaphors like the Great Chain of Being can lead people to misunderstand evolution and humanity’s place in the web of life.
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.
At least one of Earth’s creatures is able to survive the vacuum of space.
Oxytocin can boost heart cells’ ability to regenerate.
CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.