Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
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- 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
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- Animals
There’s no ‘i’ in elephant
These clever mammals may know when two trunks are better than one.
- Plants
Carnivorous plants say ‘cheese’
It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch.
- Microbes
Life in the bacterial underground
Tiny life forms in rock may coax minerals to release hydrogen for food.
- Environment
Cleaning up fish farms
Although fish farms can supply lots of food, these operations may also cause pollution and hurt wild populations.
- Animals
Doing the Bob
A crane's jerky neck movements may allow the bird to see its food more clearly.
By Emily Sohn - Fossils
Dinosaur Eggs-citement
Scientists have found dinosaur eggs, with their shells on, inside a female dino fossil.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
A microbe nanny for young wasps
A smear of bacteria helps baby wasps survive infancy.
By Emily Sohn