In the last four years, the rat named Magawa has helped to clear over 1.5 million square feet of land. The animal has detected dozens of land mines in Cambodia and is believed to have saved lives.
How It Works
A form of symbiosis, mutualism is an interaction between two individuals that benefits both—and it’s widespread across the animal kingdom.
Building server farms underwater is less crazy than it sounds
Wildlife need to be in tune with their surroundings to survive. These superpowers certainly help.
FAT BEAR WEEK IS ALMOST HERE!
From special diets to airplane dives, a deaf historian chronicles past treatments for hearing.
Some termites build towers that put our biggest feats of engineering to shame, with internal structures that act as an extension of their own bodies.
Haute couture master, fashion world darling and expert at creating memory-piercing designs. Meet Giambattista Valli and find out what to expect from this year’s most anticipated collaboration.
Ice may aid the survival of this little-seen type of black bear, whose habitat is rapidly warming.
Little can compare to the healing power of silence
Scientists have detected signs of a frog listed extinct and not seen since 1968, using an innovative technique to locate declining and missing species in two regions of Brazil.
How the Cavendish pandemic could pave the way for tastier bananas
An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.
How precariously balanced rocks will inform the earthquake hazards faced by critical infrastructure.
Nation's top female STEM stars take on real-world issues like climate change, cancer and school shootings/gun violence in top science competition for high school students. Women outnumber men for only second time in competition's 80 year history.
"I'm sad and angry that my disability always gets in the way of everything"
Invasive test-taking software has become mandatory in many places, and some companies are retaliating against those who speak out.
Coronavirus has meant a "terrible year" for British wool farmers, with fleeces now almost worthless.
Biochemist Rosa Vásquez Espinoza investigates the medicinal properties of microbes flowing in a sacred boiling river.
Scientists found hints of alien life floating in Venus's atmosphere by focusing on a long-ignored, simple compound: phosphine.
When wildlife authorities confiscate smuggled animals, the next step is figuring out what to do with them.
The modern island of Hulhumale is taking shape 8km off the north-east coast of Malé island in the Maldives in direct response to the threat posed by inexorably rising sea levels.
For decades, scientists believed that only male birds sang. Then women entered the field and showed what their predecessors had missed.
Izzy Bee and her family, and their efforts caring for Magnetic Island's koala population, are the focus of the new Netflix series Izzy’s Koala World.
As the impact of these microorganisms on our well-being becomes clearer, scientists say new remedies for disease are likely to emerge.
Antennas and other unnecessary material found between floors 88 and 103 from the mooring mast have been removed, providing an obstacle-free look at the skyscraper's pinnacle.
Despite closures, essential workers are the ones holding down the fort at these popular travel destinations
Click to enlarge 8 March is International Women's Day. As in previous years, I've put together another edition of this series looking at underappreciated women from chemistry history. If you haven't seen them previously, be sure to...
In a major victory for the movement for safer cosmetics, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, Assembly Bill 2762, into law. This is the nation’s first state-level ban of 24 toxic ingredients, including mercury and formaldehyde, from the beauty and personal care products Californians use every day.
In this month's "Meet a SI-entist," we will introduce you to the scientist studying the global history of cellphones.
Established in 1963, the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility, located in Fox, Alaska is part of ERDC's Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory that provides researchers, scientists, and
