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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?
Bacteria that live in the gut of a fruit fly can influence its mating behavior and more...
What kind of insects are attracted to the native plants on the Academy's living roof?
The evolution of our species’ most famous traits took hundreds of thousands of years. But in some cases, evolution doesn’t always take its sweet time.
Freaks, Exoplanets and Sea Urchins: Here are some headlines we didn't want you to miss this week.
Hundreds of scientists, working with data on over 25,000 species, have updated the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. While much of the report is alarming, conservation does appear to be working.
The recent discovery of life within 50 million year old amber from India, gives scientists surprising "photos".
How did single-celled life evolve into what inhabits the planet today? Recent research may have found the spark.
Which science headlines grabbed your attention this week? Here are three of our favorites...
Get the gory low-down of flesh-eating beetles and find out how they are put to work in natural history...