Life

  1. Animals

    Geckos’ Sticky Feet Clean Themselves

    Tiny hairs on gecko toes can stay nearly dirtfree, helping the lizards cling to ceilings.

    By Emily Sohn
  2. Animals

    Blotchy face, big-time wasp

    If paper wasps pretend to be something they're not, their peers get angry.

    By Emily Sohn
  3. Animals

    A fallout feast for crabs

    Crabs can take advantage of hot, toxic plumes from undersea vents to feed on poisoned plankton.

    By Emily Sohn
  4. Brain

    Swedish Rhapsody

    Celebrations honoring the world's top scientists brought students from many countries to Sweden to tour, learn, talk, and party.

    By Emily Sohn
  5. Tech

    Crime lab

    From accidents to crime scenes, scientists are helping detectives solve mysteries.

    By Emily Sohn
  6. Animals

    Gecko night vision

    Certain geckos can tell colors apart even in dim moonlight.

    By Emily Sohn
  7. Fossils

    Big fish in ancient waters

    Fossils have revealed an ancient, oversized relative of modern-day swordfish.

    By Emily Sohn
  8. Fossils

    Downsized dinosaurs

    Island living may have led to miniature versions of giant dinosaurs.

    By Emily Sohn
  9. Brain

    Sleep to Remember Places and Routes

    Deep sleep may help your brain solidify memories of where you've been and how you got there.

    By Emily Sohn
  10. Animals

    Toxic Birds May Get Poison from Beetles

    Eating certain beetles may make the skin and feathers of some birds poisonous.

    By Emily Sohn
  11. Animals

    Growing up in dangerous waters

    Wild guppies that live in dangerous places don't live fast and die young as scientists previously thought.

    By Emily Sohn
  12. Fossils

    Early birds ready to rumble

    A fossil hints that prehistoric baby birds could have fed themselves soon after hatching.

    By Kate Ramsayer