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Year: 2016

Seized Ivory Traced to Recently Slaughtered Elephants
Zoology

Seized Ivory Traced to Recently Slaughtered Elephants

December 12, 2016August 11, 2021

Strong demand for ivory has decimated both forest and savannah elephant populations across Africa by about two-thirds over the past years.

Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Astronomy and Astrophysics Book Reviews

Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

December 6, 2016April 8, 2021

Mike Massimino, former space shuttle astronaut and current professor at Columbia University, shares his path with us in his book, Spaceman.

Flower Power: The Physics of Pollination
Biology Botany

Flower Power: The Physics of Pollination

December 5, 2016August 8, 2023

By Marie Davey @biophilesblog Pollination. The word brings to mind the droning buzz of fat yellow and black bumblebees bouncing…

Zebrafish Fight Club Winners and Losers
Biology Zoology

Zebrafish Fight Club Winners and Losers

November 29, 2016April 3, 2021

Much like in Fight Club, “Where Is My Mind?” is a fitting theme song for zebrafish: after 24 hours they…

How Nature Creates the Color Blue
Physics Zoology

How Nature Creates the Color Blue

November 28, 2016October 4, 2023

Sometimes nature uses physics instead of pigment to create the color blue. Radwanul Hasan Siddique explains how this is accomplished.

Oviraptors in the Wild
Paleontology

Oviraptors in the Wild

November 21, 2016July 1, 2023

By Kate Stone Oviraptorosaurs are an odd-looking group of feathered, bird-like theropod dinosaurs. They tend to have short skulls and…

Old Bonobos Need Reading Glasses
Zoology

Old Bonobos Need Reading Glasses

November 15, 2016November 14, 2016

By Maarten Rikken A study released in Current Biology has found that bonobos’ eyesight becomes significantly reduced when they reach around…

Amazonian Frog Uses Mimicry to Ward Off Ants
Biology Zoology

Amazonian Frog Uses Mimicry to Ward Off Ants

November 14, 2016February 6, 2024

Amazonian frogs prevent ant attacks by releasing chemicals mimicking those of leaf-cutter ants.

Tasmanian Devils Fight Facial Cancer
Biology Health Zoology

Tasmanian Devils Fight Facial Cancer

November 9, 2016May 4, 2021

Tasmanian devils are the largest remaining marsupial carnivore. They are social and aggressive, and they’re suffering from facial tumors.

NASA Astronauts Return from Space Station
Astronomy and Astrophysics

NASA Astronauts Return from Space Station

November 3, 2016November 1, 2016

NASA astronaut and Expedition 49 crew member Kate Rubins, who became the first person to sequence DNA in space, returned to…

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