Fish Vaccines Falter When Infections Overlap

On fish farms, sea lice chew through the protective effect of vaccination.

March 8th, 2018 | 550 words, about 2 minutes

How Island Bats Took Over the Mainland

South America’s short-faced fruit bats are the descendants of “reverse colonists.”

February 20th, 2018 | 450 words, about 2 minutes

Shellfish Can’t Say No to Drugs

Unfortunately for them. But it is teaching scientists about the consequences of pharmaceutical pollution.

January 5th, 2018 | 800 words, about 4 minutes

Tiny Fossils Record Big Shifts in Ocean Currents

Minerals stored in microscopic fossils hint at the subtle ways ocean currents link far-flung food webs.

January 3rd, 2018 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

Big Brother at Sea

Satellites are spying illegal fishing from space.

November 23rd, 2017 | 600 words, about 3 minutes

The Science of Dolphonology

Dolphins that hunt alongside humans have a different way of communicating.

November 8th, 2017 | 350 words, a quick read

Shellfish Diplomacy

By trading shellfish for water rights, two ancient Peruvian cultures seem to have avoided war.

September 25th, 2017 | 700 words, about 3 minutes

The Fish that Smells like Money

A tiny anchovy could be a silver bullet for malnutrition in Peru—if only we would let it.

May 17th, 2017 | 1,000 words, about 5 minutes