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Ecologically- and economically-rich coral reefs occur in very specific places on our planet.
New species finds include a succulent plant, worms and crustaceans near a hydrothermal vent and desert bees.
How can we effectively communicate the urgency around plastic pollution in the ocean to effect change?
The first week of 2012 has already packed a wallop with science news stories. Here are a few we didn’t want you to miss.
Local researchers have found another foe of the honey bees: deadly parasitic flies.
Not so “bird-brained” after all: it turns out that pigeons are good with numbers. Starlings, however, can make poor decisions when given too much information.
Academy researchers had a very busy year, adding 140 new relatives to the family tree.