How does the Leopard get its spots? [link]
DEEP LOOK takes a closeup view of how slime molds move. [link]
George Washington Carver, a plant scientist's perspective. [link]
What everyone should know about flowers and bees. [link]
A recent paper challenges a long standing assumption about mutations: they occur independently of their effect on fitness. The new research, summarized here, suggests that important genomic regions mutate less often than do other regions. [link] (Note: the article may be pretty technical.)
Climate change threatens coffee as we know it, but there is a delicious wild species that could help save your morning brew. [link]
Climate change threatens coffee as we know it, but there is a delicious wild species that could help save your morning brew. [link]
Newly discovered patterns in evolution may help scientists make accurate short-term predictions. [link]
Studies that map the adaptive value of viral mutations hint at how the COVID-19 pandemic might progress next. [link]
Can we really be friends with an octopus? When octopuses are social, are they reaching out or simply reacting? [link]
Studies that map the adaptive value of viral mutations hint at how the COVID-19 pandemic might progress next. [link]
Can we really be friends with an octopus? When octopuses are social, are they reaching out or simply reacting? [link]
Read this account in the New Yorker of crisscrossing Siberia in the age of climate change [link]
As climate changes, so does life in the planet’s soils. To understand what might be lost, a microbial ecologist taps molecular methods to explore Earth’s underground microbes, from the permafrost to the grasslands. [link]
Here is a video of Doug Tallamy presenting the ideas in his book, Bringing Nature Home: The Importance of Native Plants [link]
Nature Rambler Heather Larkin made a video of tips for macro photography last year, just as the pandemic was starting. "With the newest wave, more people are at home again and macro photography is a great way to enjoy the natural world around us," she says. [link]
Why are January days so cold? The day length has been increasing since before Christmas and its still cold. The Conversation sums up what you were taught in school, but forgot. [link]
