Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

  1. Animals

    An enemy in the cave

    Bats under attack from a fungus send scientists searching for clues to solve a deadly mystery.

    By Amanda Leigh Mascarelli
  2. Health & Medicine

    Microbes in the music

    A new study finds germs linger on musical instruments.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Oceans

    Life beneath the ‘berg

    Scientists find Antarctic icebergs play a new and bigger role in the climate cycle.

    By Stephen Ornes

  4. Kids’ ingenuity honored at Intel ISEF

    Young scientists receive awards in international competition.

    By Laura Sanders
  5. Animals

    Ants aweigh!

    In a flood, fire ants cling together to keep afloat.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Animals

    Secrets of the world’s extreme divers

    For emperor penguins and other animals, being able to hold their breath the longest could be in the blood

    By Roberta Kwok
  7. Animals

    Big fish in troubled waters

    Overfishing cuts number of large predator fish in the ocean.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Oceans

    Sea changes

    Carbon dioxide is making the oceans more acidic.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Environment

    Floor of Gulf got slimed

    Oil from BP spill was likely dragged down by bacterial goo.

    By Stephen Ornes
  10. Animals

    There’s no ‘i’ in elephant

    These clever mammals may know when two trunks are better than one.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Plants

    Carnivorous plants say ‘cheese’

    It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Microbes

    Life in the bacterial underground

    Tiny life forms in rock may coax minerals to release hydrogen for food.

    By Stephen Ornes