Mammals Gophers Help Restore Volcano Damage November 18, 2024 How could scientists accelerate the restoration of the devastated area around Mt. St. Helens? Send in the gophers! CONTINUE READING
Media Archive: Fungi, Dinosaurs, Octopus, Appendix, JPL, More August 30, 2024 A broad variety of stories have been published at CEH for 23 years. Look back at to August 2001. CONTINUE READING
Botany Illustra Media Showcases the Wood Wide Web March 28, 2023 The ways that plants communicate through underground fungal networks is illustrated in a dazzling new short film. CONTINUE READING
Darwin and Evolution Evolutionary Rates Vary by Millions October 31, 2022 When an organism changes rapidly, that's evolution. When an organism never changes for millions of years, that's evolution. CONTINUE READING
Botany Flip Flops in Plant Ancestry March 13, 2020 Are green algae the ancestors of all land plants? Do paleontologists even know that these fossils are green algae? CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics How Did Primitive Organisms Learn Physics? August 26, 2017 Inspiring cases of ballistics, civil engineering and architecture can be found in some of the simplest of living organisms. CONTINUE READING
Fossils A Bird, a Mushroom, and a Fly Fossilized Fast June 9, 2017 Exceptional preservation of soft tissues required rapid fossilization. Did they really die a hundred million years ago? CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics How Flamingos Stand on One Foot May 26, 2017 Mysteries of the universe unfold: how can flamingos sleep while standing on one foot? And why is it good to know? CONTINUE READING
Origin of Life Bubbles Scream Life May 1, 2017 It might be a fungus. It might be half a billion years older than previously thought. It might rewrite the evolutionary history of complex life, including humans. What is it? CONTINUE READING
Fossils Tick Talk: Mammal Blood Found in Amber April 5, 2017 Can intact blood be preserved for 15 to 45 million years, give or take 50 million? CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Weekend Biomimetics Showcase March 11, 2017 The focus in biology these days is on design. Here's evidence. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Inspiring Life Tricks November 14, 2016 These tricks are enough to make an inventor run to the patent office. CONTINUE READING
Biomimetics Smart Scientists Borrow Natural Designs August 3, 2016 Scientists and engineers are back in school, learning from the best teachers: plants and animals. CONTINUE READING
Botany For the Love of Trees July 23, 2016 You don't have to be a proverbial tree-hugger to love trees and wonder at all the things they can do, and do for us. CONTINUE READING
Geology Why Is a New Theory of Coal Formation Needed? January 22, 2016 When a new theory comes along, better examine why the old one needed replacing. CONTINUE READING