Vampire Bats Are Moving into the US and Scientists Worry They Could Spread a Fatal Zombie Deer Disease to Humans
A deer showing signs of CWD. Credit: Wikimedia Commons In 2022, Peter Larsen awoke in the Guyanese rainforest…
Maverick Photographer’s Wildlife Images From the 1960s Document Animals in Crisis
Peter Beard, Roping Rhinos with Ken Randall in Hunting Block 29, 1964 © The Estate of Peter Beard,…
Iceland Just Got its First Mosquitoes. Scientists Aren’t Ready for What Comes Next
Until recently, Iceland was considered the last Arctic nation without mosquitoes. That changed in October 2025, when insect…
Marine Animals in the Strait of Hormuz Don’t Get a Ceasefire
As noise levels rise, whales reduce their diving activity—effectively entering a forced fasting period that weakens them over…
Digitally native species are a necessary shift in taxonomic practice
Bánki, O. et al. Catalogue of Life (2025-11-16 XR) (Catalogue of Life Foundation, 2025); https://doi.org/10.48580/dgvbl. Miralles, A. et…
Choreographing Lagos: Dele Adeyemo on Dance, Cosmology, and Spatial Practices
The Cosmogony of (Racial) Capitalism. Image Courtesy of Dele Adeyemo Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or…
Mapping and revealing the tree biodiversity of the Brazilian Cerrado through biome-wide sampling efforts
Díaz, S., Fargione, J., Iii, F. S. C. & Tilman, D. Biodiversity loss threatens human well-being. PLOS Biol.…
High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity
Meineke, E. K., Davies, T. J., Daru, B. H. & Davis, C. C. Biological collections for understanding biodiversity…
Predator–prey interactions as drivers of cognitive evolution
Shettleworth, S. J. Cognition, Evolution, and Behavior (Oxford Univ. Press, 2009). Byrne, R. W. & Whiten, A. Machiavellian…
Texas Parks and Wildlife launch free native gardening app
San Antonians sensing spring coming in on the breeze can start planning their drought-tolerant gardens now. A new…