Hogfish ‘See’ With Their Skin, Even When They’re Dead The camouflaging talents of this fish are driven by a mysterious new type of cell, setting it apart from other animals that know how to blend in.
To Stop an Extinction, He’s Flying High, Followed by His Beloved Birds Using an ultralight aircraft, Johannes Fritz once taught endangered ibises a migration path over the Alps. Because of climate change, he is now showing them a much longer route to a winter’s refuge.
Ancient Worms Revived From Permafrost After 46,000 Years Scientists want to understand how the worms survived in extreme conditions for extraordinarily long periods of time.
Flipping a Switch and Making Cancers Self-Destruct Researchers at Stanford devised a strange new molecule that could lead to drugs that arm genes and make cancers work against themselves.
Human Embryo Models Made in Lab Four teams have coaxed human stem cells to organize themselves into embryo-like forms. The advance could shed light on fertility.