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A Spooktacular Bat Ballet

Watch how hundreds of thousands of bats choreograph jam-packed nightly migrations with surprising grace.

October 30, 2023

The Stench of Death Has a Sunny Side

Chemicals of decomposition are also starting points of life.

October 27, 2023

Why Is Everything an Orchid?

Orchids were Darwin’s “abominable mystery.” They continue to elude science—and efforts to save them.

October 26, 2023

Think You Know What Somebody Is Thinking?

“Theory of Mind,” meet Henry James.

October 26, 2023

How Tourists Are Rescuing the Ancient City of Palmyra

Photographs taken from before terrorists destroyed the site are helping researchers digitally resurrect it.

October 25, 2023

A Plastic Oasis in the Sea

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t all garbage. It’s also an ecosystem.

October 25, 2023

Maybe Playing Dead Will Get Him to Leave You Alone?

These female frogs fake death and pretend to be the opposite sex to head off unwanted male attention.

October 24, 2023

A Fragile Equilibrium

Inside one national park’s quest to make peace between humans and animals.

October 23, 2023

Elephants Are Total Scaredy-Cats Around Bees

The buzz on preventing elephants from plundering communities.

October 23, 2023

Moths Find Their Way by the Stars

Their inner compass could be guided by quantum forces.

October 23, 2023