EvolutionAugust 18, 2009
Bizarre Fossil Organisms Likely Absorbed Nutrients through Their Skin
The first complex organisms soaked up sustenance from nutrient-rich oceans 500 million years ago
Stories by Brendan Borrell
Brendan Borrell is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for Bloomberg Businessweek, Nature, Outside, Scientific American, and many other publications, and is the co-author (with ecologist Manuel Molles) of the textbook Environment: Science, Issues, Solutions. He traveled to Brazil with the support of the Mongabay Special Reporting Initiative. Follow him on Twitter @bborrell.
HealthAugust 18, 2009
Dodeca-mom could smash multiple birth record with 12 babies
EnvironmentAugust 18, 2009
Marijuana growers started California wildfires
EnvironmentAugust 17, 2009
The 2009 hurricane season heats up: Ana, Claudette and Bill
August 14, 2009
Open-Source Textbooks a Mixed Bag in California
Downloadable and free, maybe--but the schoolhouse Wiki revolution will have to wait
EnvironmentAugust 14, 2009
Alien Invasion? An Ecologist Doubts the Impact of Exotic Species
Many conservationists have dedicated their lives to eradicating invasive plant and animal species, but Mark Davis wants them to reassess their missions
EnvironmentAugust 13, 2009
ExxonMobil guilty in deaths of migratory birds in five states
EvolutionAugust 13, 2009
Cooked Results: Modern Toolmaker Uses Fire to Solve 72,000-Year-Old Mystery
Archaeologists in South Africa have uncovered the earliest evidence of humans using pyrotechnology to shape their stone tools
HealthAugust 12, 2009
Swine flu strikes Amazonian Indians
EnvironmentAugust 11, 2009
Slow hurricane season so far, but new tropical depression looms in the Atlantic
EnvironmentAugust 11, 2009
Camel burgers: Australia plans to shoot 650,000 camels
EnvironmentAugust 11, 2009
Is the Frog-Killing Chytrid Fungus Fueled by Climate Fluctuations?
Laboratory research reexamines the controversial link between climate change and the chytrid fungus that has been killing frogs around the world
EnvironmentAugust 8, 2009
Avian Silence: Without Birds to Disperse Seeds, Guam's Forest Is Changing
The brown tree snake invasion has wiped out birds on Guam and left a forest to survive on its own
EnvironmentAugust 7, 2009
Some California Amphibians May Need a Lift to Survive Climate Change
As amphibian habitat shifts with global warming, some species will be trapped in shrinking territories
EnvironmentAugust 5, 2009
Birds are chirping over cellulosic biofuels
EnvironmentAugust 5, 2009
Will Tree Plantations Spur the Release of Carbon Locked in Soil?
New analysis warns that pine plantations can deplete soil of nutrients and carbon, reducing the carbon-mitigating benefits.
HealthAugust 4, 2009
Of pathogens and pets: Tokay gecko harbors 10 types of salmonella
EvolutionAugust 4, 2009
Lake Sediments Cast More Doubt That a Comet Caused Ice Age Extinctions
Overhunting by Clovis people over centuries, not a catastrophic impact, may have wiped out North American mammoths and other megafauna, researchers say
HealthAugust 3, 2009
Black kids aren't getting enough vitamin D, study says
EnvironmentJuly 31, 2009
Kansas county creates a refuge for snakes
July 31, 2009
“Handouts for Hummers” runs out of bucks
EnvironmentJuly 30, 2009
Real Good or Feel-Good? Does Ecosystem Restoration Pay Off?
Long an act of faith on the part of conservationists, a new study shows that restoration benefits biodiversity--and humanity
HealthJuly 30, 2009
Salmonella wins, food safety bill loses in early House vote
July 30, 2009
Colorado power company wants to ratchet up fees on solar freeloaders