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On National Alligator Day, UF/IFAS shares information on why it's great to be a Florida gator
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlligators’ ability to serve as ecological indicators underscores their importance and reinforces...
Sharon Balicki: Why supporting pollinators in our gardens matters
Chicago Tribune· 13 hours agoIt’s time to take a minute to talk about the birds and the bees — and the butterflies, moths, wasps...
How do fireflies light up?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 days ago"With their extremely short adult lives, it's a race against time" to find a mate. Researchers have come a long way in understanding the science behind...
Sea urchins made to order: Scripps scientists make transgenic breakthrough
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoUC San Diego professor Amro Hamdoun holds a painted urchin. His breakthrough creating the creatures...
‘Attack of the Bloodsuckers’: Discover how parasites will sink their teeth into summer
WFTV 9 Orlando· 7 days agoWith summer closing in and outdoor activities on the rise, the risk of being attacked by...
Chicago's Field Museum Displays Rare Skeleton of a Bird-Like Dinosaur
My Modern Met· 5 days agoNo other museum in a major city in the Western hemisphere has an Archaeopteryx, a dinosaur that...
Evil Recap: The Dog Days Are (Far From) Over
TVLine.com via Yahoo News· 1 day agoRobotic dogs may be a huge advance for humankind, but they feel like harbingers of the apocalypse, which makes them perfect fodder for the second episode...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: The Field Museum evolves — take a look back as it turns 130
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoFrederic Ward Putnam, one of America’s first anthropologists and professor and curator of the...
Nightmarish 'footballfish' washes up dead on US beach in potential 1st-of-its-kind occurrence
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA female Pacific footballfish was found dead on an Oregon beach — potentially for the first time...
“Matrescence,” and the Transformations of Motherhood
The New Yorker· 2 days agoIn her new book—part memoir, part science writing—Lucy Jones argues that having a baby changes the body as much as adolescence, and should be taken as...
