Slime, Shorebirds, and a Scientific Mystery
June 25, 2018
by Daniel Wood • Could the survival of millions of migrating shorebirds depend on the preservation of humble marine biofilm?
The Future of Castro’s Crocs
June 19, 2018
by Shanna Baker • As a breeding facility works to retain a pure lineage of the Cuban crocodile, out in the wild the division between species is getting murkier all the time.
Evicted by Climate Change
June 11, 2018
by Madeline Ostrander • Government regulations forced the Yup’ik to give up their semi-nomadic existence. Now, as the land around them vanishes, they’re puzzling through the problem of moving.
The Mysterious Decline of Iceland’s American Invader
June 6, 2018
by Gloria Dickie • In Iceland, imported mink escaped fur farms and feasted their way through the food web—until nature bit back.