Most phylogenies exist in academic papers and remain difficult to interpret. Cornell’s Birds of the World Phylogeny Explorer puts those relationships into a visual, searchable tool. Users can explore ...

There is a giant, carnivorous centipedes killing and eating up to 3,700 black-winged petrel chicks annually on a remote Sou Pacific island. Phillip Island centipedes (Cormocephalus coynei) can grow to ...

Flying is expensive. If you’re going to stay in the air, you need to be good at getting food, handling it fast, and swallowing it without wasting time or energy. That’s why a new Archaeopteryx study ...

A new play, “These Birds: A play inspired by death, flowers, and Farkle,” opened in Juneau Jan. 29. The show was born from interviews and conversations with local residents about death and dying. The ...

A Dalai Lama once said that our prime purpose in this life is to help others – and he may have been right. Scientists have found that having a positive impact on other people seems to be a key element ...

A bug’s life: towards a probiotic architecture The battle against bacteria has shaped modern architecture, but the health of humans – as well as the planet – depends on letting the bugs in This area ...

Most people first notice pill bugs while lifting a flowerpot or turning over a log, then watching small gray roly polies curl into tight balls. Because they share space with ants and beetles, many ...

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