BIOLOGY

Thanks to a pair of glasses, Michael Arbeiter sees some colors for the first time.

Birds' nests are as diverse as the creatures who build them. The variety of locations, shapes, and sizes they’re built in and the materials they’re made from can be staggering.

“Rain, rain, go away, come again another day” is not a sentiment that many would disagree with. But then there’s Nepenthes gracilis, a carnivorous plant found in Southeast Asia that relies on rain to help it eat.

Biologists think that images like these, which let them look at wolf howls instead of just listening to them, might help them better protect wolves.

Eels: As awesome as they are terrifying.

Halimeda incrassata is a type of seaweed, and it’s pretty badass for an algae. But none of its defenses deter the sea slug Elysia tuca.

Coral reefs are in trouble. On these Pacific reefs, one of the major causes of coral loss is predation by the crown-of-thorns sea star.

Ambon damselfish were able to identify the correct fish face with 75 percent accuracy.

Piezoelectricity can turn bones into batteries.

Scientists just confirmed what local fishermen have known for years.

Lots of beach-goers find seagulls annoying, but usually the only harm they do is snatching away poorly-guarded snacks. On one particular beach, though, scientists have found that some gulls have a much more aggressive and grisly way of getting their meals