Light pollution is messing with coral reproduction
A dark side effect of the electricity that helps society run around the clock is the pollution caused by our...
Animals
How echolocation lets bats, dolphins, and even people navigate by sound
In an environment without light, or where sight is otherwise useless, some creatures have learned to thrive by sound. They...
How echolocation lets bats, dolphins, and even people navigate by sound
In an environment without light, or where sight is otherwise useless, some creatures have learned to thrive by sound. They...
Baboons can recover from childhood trauma with a little help from their friends
Forging strong social relationships can help mitigate the effects of traumatic childhood events in human adults, but also in baboons....
Baboons can recover from childhood trauma with a little help from their friends
Forging strong social relationships can help mitigate the effects of traumatic childhood events in human adults, but also in baboons....
How migration makes life more resilient
Excerpted from The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules by Tim Blackburn. Copyright © 2023. Published by Island Press. The composition...
How migration makes life more resilient
Excerpted from The Jewel Box: How Moths Illuminate Nature’s Hidden Rules by Tim Blackburn. Copyright © 2023. Published by Island Press. The composition...
How to get rid of mice and keep them away
There’s a scritching sound in the darkened bedroom. Your eyes spring open, your breathing rapid and shallow, with every muscle...
How to get rid of mice and keep them away
There’s a scritching sound in the darkened bedroom. Your eyes spring open, your breathing rapid and shallow, with every muscle...
This ‘blue dragon’ sliced through the ancient Pacific with paddle-like fins
About 72 million years ago, a mosasaur the size of a modern great white shark terrorized the Pacific Ocean. Nicknamed...
This ‘blue dragon’ sliced through the ancient Pacific with paddle-like fins
About 72 million years ago, a mosasaur the size of a modern great white shark terrorized the Pacific Ocean. Nicknamed...
Why dinosaur footprints inspired paleontologist Martin Lockley
On November 25, paleontologist Martin Lockley passed at the age of 73. PopSci spoke with Lockley about his career studying...
