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Zoology

Zombie Sponge Reefs Are Lurking at the Bottom of the Sea

The resurrection of glass sponge reefs proves extinction doesn’t have to be eternal.

July 31, 2014

Food Vibrations: Spiders Are Total Virtuosos with Their Webs

Spider webs are veritable antennas humming with signals.

July 18, 2014

Toad Orgies, Underwater AC, and Other Stories From the Storm

Most creatures flee storms, but some thrive because of them.

June 25, 2014

Fish School Us on Wind Power

Record-efficiency turbine farms are being inspired by sealife.

June 25, 2014

Why I Traveled the World Hunting for Mutant Bugs

A researcher who works through painting tells her story.

Can You Spot the Real Animal Hybrid?

Take our quiz on nature’s mutant offspring.

May 30, 2014

Tantalizing Creatures with Male and Female Genes

Gyandromorphs overturn traditional theories of sexual development.

April 25, 2014

Top 5 Real Wolves of Wall Street

Wheelers and dealers have run wild for millions of years.

Speak, Butterfly

Butterflies tied together Vladimir Nabokov’s home, science, and writing.

December 12, 2013