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Sep 26, 2024

Another Reason to Worry About Burmese Pythons? This Parasite.

As scientists try to manage invasive Burmese pythons in Florida’s Everglades, an additional biological invasion—a python parasite—takes hold

Jun 27, 2024

What an 'Elephant Graveyard' Teaches Us About Climate Change

A prehistoric Florida fossil site provides an unprecedented look at gomphotheres—elephant relatives that lived in a warming climate—and offers insights for today

Sep 29, 2023

Cultivating the cosmos

Decoding crop resilience through space-grown cotton

Aug 29, 2022

A race against erosion for Turtle Mound

As sea level rise erodes Florida’s Indigenous mounds, archaeologists document the tallest one

Mar 1, 2021

The river has teeth

An essay about a turtle and the complicated and delicate nature of resilience under the threat of climate change.

Jan 1, 2021

Losing ground

Sea-level rise is letting a tiny crab drastically alter marsh landscapes

Nov 1, 2020

Storm-surfing parasites spread widely

Major hurricanes scramble marine creature populations

Aug 13, 2020

Aquarium fish, hold the cyanide

How an Indonesian village stopped poisoning reefs for the tropical pet trade without losing livelihoods.

Jul 30, 2020

Kenya’s unexplored fossil trove

A paleontologist at the National Museums of Kenya is spearheading an effort to make 3-D reconstructions of the institution’s fossils available internationally.

Jul 1, 2020

Perpetual fertility: How an obscure sea creature makes endless eggs and sperm

Understanding hydractinia’s rare ability could provide insights into human reproductive disorders.

Jun 23, 2020

Humans drove the only native U.S. parrot extinct, says new DNA study

The Carolina Parakeet was ubiquitous in the southeast a century ago. A new genetic study suggests it went extinct abruptly, killed off by people.

May 19, 2020

Cold War satellites inadvertently tracked species declines

Approach could be used to follow other species’ response to human activities over decades

Apr 10, 2020

The most innovative birds stand the best chance of survival

A new global study finds that species willing and able to try new foods or forage creatively have a lower risk of extinction.

Nov 11, 2019

This amber-encased beetle may have been one of the first insects to pollinate flowers

Find pushes insect pollination back nearly 50 million years

Nov 9, 2019

Coastal job: seafood inspector

Scott Albrecht has a trained eye for spotting harmful defects in the ocean’s bounty. Hakai Magazine.

Sep 9, 2019

Genetic 'road map' reveals lost birthplace of a 150-year-old butterfly

DNA mapping method could help geolocate other disputed species.

Aug 30, 2019

Coastal job: marine animal movement expert

James Liao studies the mysteries of marine animal movement with an eye to unlocking solutions to human problems.

Aug 29, 2019

Seeking Marjorie

Exploring the natural world of one of America’s renowned rural writers.

Stephenie Livingston
Science and environment stories from Earth's fringes—and beyond
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