biology

What the World’s Largest Organism Reveals About Fires and Forests

[ad_1] Despite concerns raised by Weaver and others in the field, fire suppression became a cornerstone of forest management. And…

2 years ago

The Online Spider Market Is Massive—and Crawling With Issues

[ad_1] Stewart says public interest in spiders and scorpions has exploded as people realize they are actually low-maintenance pets that…

2 years ago

A Brain Chemical Helps Neurons Know When to Start a Movement

[ad_1] By washing through the brain, neuromodulators “allow you to govern the excitability of a large region of the brain…

3 years ago

Mitochondria Double as Tiny Lenses in the Eye

[ad_1] A mosquito watches you through a lattice of microscopic lenses. You stare back, fly swatter in hand, closely tracking…

3 years ago

To Resurrect Jordan’s Lost Forests, People Plant Tiny Urban Ones

[ad_1] The team’s test plots also host some of Jordan’s rarest flora. In Marka, that includes saplings of Pistacia lentiscus,…

3 years ago

Peptides on Stardust May Have Provided a Shortcut to Life

[ad_1] Billions of years ago, some unknown location on the sterile, primordial Earth became a cauldron of complex organic molecules…

3 years ago

How Boa Constrictors Can Breathe Even as They Crush Their Prey

[ad_1] Watching a boa constrictor capture and consume its prey is quite something. First, the snake strikes and latches onto…

3 years ago