What is this thing called life? Biologists are life's detectives, discovering how life works and what makes animals, plants and microbes "alive." Organisms don't remain the same forever. Without change, life on Earth would stagnate. Species are in a constant dance with their environment. When an environment changes, the species that live within must change too, evolving to better adapt in order to survive. The end result is the diversity of life we see around us.
Revealing Nature's Mathematical Formula For Survival
Mathematical physics team finds geometric patterns linking structure to function in leaves
Turtle Ants
Large workers of turtle ants have dish-like heads that they use to close the entrance of their nest and protect it from intruders. Check it out!
Electric Fish Charges Up Research On Animal Behavior
Weakly electric knifefish uses electric field to communicate, navigate, and hunt
Microraptor Suggests Feathers Evolved To Attract Mates
Chalk Talk: DNA
DNA is the Swiss army knife of biological molecules, acting as both a blueprint and a building block. Learn more here.
Science Behind The News: Influenza & Flu Vaccines
Profiles Of Scientists And Engineers: Marine Biologist
A Bird Of Paradise
The bird that never lands? Field Museum curator, John Bates, tells the story of this beautiful bird
New Mosquito Repellant Could Be Frightening... For The Mosquitoes!
Cabinet Of Wonders
A cabinet filled with lost specimens from Alfred Russel Wallace's personal collection is rediscovered
Developing Hardier, Weather-Resistant Crops
The World's Smallest Vertebrate
Chalk Talk: Mitochondria
Creaturecast: Siphonophores And Individuality
Disappearing Lizards
Robotic Sharks
Moray Eel
Synthesizing Light For Plant Growth
Taming The Red Tides
Catching A Coral Killer