In Search of Suckers
An endangered fish makes a comeback in the Grand Canyon’s depths—but will the razorback sucker stick around?
Discoveries
Latest in Discoveries
The Anomalies: The Dewlap
An apparent inconsistency leads scientists to a new discovery about the role the environment plays in animal communication.
Lens of Time: Velvet Worms—Secret of the Slime
Physics and biology meet to create one of the world's strangest weapons: the slime cannon.
Moonlight Gliders
Wintertime in a remote Montana forest heralds the arrival of mating season for the flying squirrel—and one of nature's most spectacular air shows.
The Species We Have Yet to Meet
What we don't know may be just as important to setting conservation priorities as what we do know.
Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover
Armed with the latest technology, scientists are beginning to unlock the secrets of one of nature’s most acrobatic flyers.
Agave Whisperers
As they follow—and mentally map—flowering agaves from Arizona to Mexico, lesser long-nosed bats pollinate the plants that bring the world tequila.
Digging Down Under
For this marsupial mole, surfacing to snack on a centipede is a rare respite from tunneling through the dark, sandy underground.
Lens of Time: Spider Seduction
For these jumping spiders, stayin' alive requires all the right dance moves—and the perfect soundtrack, too.
Bugs on Ice
Solving an entomological mystery in the Canadian Rockies
The Anomalies: The Dewlap
An apparent inconsistency leads scientists to a new discovery about the role the environment plays in animal communication.
Lens of Time: Velvet Worms—Secret of the Slime
Physics and biology meet to create one of the world's strangest weapons: the slime cannon.
Moonlight Gliders
Wintertime in a remote Montana forest heralds the arrival of mating season for the flying squirrel—and one of nature's most spectacular air shows.
The Species We Have Yet to Meet
What we don't know may be just as important to setting conservation priorities as what we do know.
Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover
Armed with the latest technology, scientists are beginning to unlock the secrets of one of nature’s most acrobatic flyers.
Agave Whisperers
As they follow—and mentally map—flowering agaves from Arizona to Mexico, lesser long-nosed bats pollinate the plants that bring the world tequila.
Digging Down Under
For this marsupial mole, surfacing to snack on a centipede is a rare respite from tunneling through the dark, sandy underground.
Lens of Time: Spider Seduction
For these jumping spiders, stayin' alive requires all the right dance moves—and the perfect soundtrack, too.
Bugs on Ice
Solving an entomological mystery in the Canadian Rockies