More from Kate Baggaley

medications
COVID-19

How long will COVID-19 last?

By Kate Baggaley

medical face mask
COVID-19

COVID-19 symptoms typically appear 5 days after infection

By Kate Baggaley

cuskeel fish
Climate Change

Even fish at the bottom of the ocean can’t escape climate change

By Kate Baggaley

pregnant woman
COVID-19

What pregnant people need to know about COVID-19

By Kate Baggaley

a person sneezing
COVID-19

All the ways you can—and can’t—catch the coronavirus

By Kate Baggaley

The mangrove-lined estuary on Abaco Island in the Bahamas.
Animals

Millions of people’s food supply depends on super-urinating fish

By Kate Baggaley

Photograph of Parasaurolophus fossil mount at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, 2017
Cancer

Duck-billed dinosaurs had the same bone tumors as people

By Kate Baggaley

mangrove trees
Climate Change

Hurricanes lay waste to mangroves, but they also help them flourish

By Kate Baggaley

cassiopea jellyfish
Animals

Upside-down jellyfish lob tiny grenades to kill prey

By Kate Baggaley

generic vaccine
Cancer

Cervical cancer could soon be a disease of the past

By Kate Baggaley

jackass penguins
Animals

Jackass penguins talk like people

By Kate Baggaley

wasps
Agriculture

A healthy wasp microbiome can fend off pesticides

By Kate Baggaley

artist rendition of jellyfish with implants
Animals

Bionic jellyfish can swim three times faster

By Kate Baggaley

purple coneflower up close in front of green prairie
Environment

For prairie flowers, fire is the ultimate matchmaker

By Kate Baggaley

walking shark on the seafloor
Animals

These adorable sharks have evolved to walk across the seafloor

By Kate Baggaley

the Yarrabubba crater in western australia
Science

This 43-mile-wide crater is 2.2 billion years old—making it Earth’s oldest meteorite impact

By Kate Baggaley

map of the world's temperatures
Climate Change

2019 was the second warmest year on record—here’s what this means for our future

By Kate Baggaley

underwear and tampons on a pink background
Health

Period underwear may contain troubling chemicals—but the real problem is much bigger

By Kate Baggaley

a hummingbird on a tree
Animals

Hummingbirds get their wild coloring from ‘air-filled pancakes’ in their feathers

By Kate Baggaley

virus in a petri dish
COVID-19

A mysterious virus is sickening people in China

By Kate Baggaley

t rex teenager
Dinosaurs

T. rex teens looked wildly different than the adults we’re familiar with

By Kate Baggaley

a couple expressing emotions
Science

Emotions may be universal, but they aren’t easy to translate

By Kate Baggaley

1921 tulsa riots
Health

New evidence points to mass graves of people killed in Tulsa’s 1921 race massacre

By Kate Baggaley

City life damages mental health in ways we’re just starting to understand
Health

City life damages mental health in ways we’re just starting to understand

By Kate Baggaley

The science of serial killers is changing
Health

The science of serial killers is changing

By Kate Baggaley

Many circular lines on a black background
Science

The 8 best science images, videos, and visualizations of the year

By Kate Baggaley

Why are planets all the same shape?
Science

Why are planets all the same shape?

By Kate Baggaley

How many stars are there in the whole galaxy?
Science

How many stars are there in the whole galaxy?

By Kate Baggaley

Psychologists are trying to figure out why we don’t go to sleep (even when we want to)
Health

Psychologists are trying to figure out why we don’t go to sleep (even when we want to)

By Kate Baggaley

Meet the menagerie of parasites that can live in human eyes
Animals

Meet the menagerie of parasites that can live in human eyes

By Kate Baggaley

Even if you live in a city, you can get health benefits from nature
Health

Even if you live in a city, you can get health benefits from nature

By Kate Baggaley

Four intense ways insects sacrifice themselves for the good of the colony
Animals

Four intense ways insects sacrifice themselves for the good of the colony

By Kate Baggaley

Why your office is so cold, and how to deal with it
Health

Why your office is so cold, and how to deal with it

By Kate Baggaley

Mosquito spit primes your body for disease—so scientists want to make an anti-saliva vaccine
Animals

Mosquito spit primes your body for disease—so scientists want to make an anti-saliva vaccine

By Kate Baggaley

Invasive treefrogs have snuck into Louisiana and they are not good neighbors
Animals

Invasive treefrogs have snuck into Louisiana and they are not good neighbors

By Kate Baggaley

New eco-friendly microbeads could save oceans, rather than destroy them
Conservation

New eco-friendly microbeads could save oceans, rather than destroy them

By Kate Baggaley

This butterfly’s transparent wings could one day save people’s vision
Animals

This butterfly’s transparent wings could one day save people’s vision

By Kate Baggaley

Rising temperatures are opening new territories for venomous creatures—including your backyard
Animals

Rising temperatures are opening new territories for venomous creatures—including your backyard

By Kate Baggaley

Bat echolocation could help us understand ADHD
Animals

Bat echolocation could help us understand ADHD

By Kate Baggaley

These seafaring robots will search for life across the solar system
Moons

These seafaring robots will search for life across the solar system

By Kate Baggaley

Here’s a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn
Animals

Here’s a great excuse to stop mowing your lawn

By Kate Baggaley

Impalas are the wimps of the animal kingdom and other species know it
Animals

Impalas are the wimps of the animal kingdom and other species know it

By Kate Baggaley

These fish build group homes that double as devious shrimp traps
Animals

These fish build group homes that double as devious shrimp traps

By Kate Baggaley

Look to large bodies to understand long life spans
Animals

Look to large bodies to understand long life spans

By Kate Baggaley

How about this disease-infested rat weather we’re having?
Animals

How about this disease-infested rat weather we’re having?

By Kate Baggaley

These scientists think peace and quiet should be a human right
Climate Change

These scientists think peace and quiet should be a human right

By Kate Baggaley

Venus may once have been habitable. Now it can tell us if other worlds might be as well.
Deep Space

Venus may once have been habitable. Now it can tell us if other worlds might be as well.

By Kate Baggaley

The critters of the deep sea may thrive on calamari
Animals

The critters of the deep sea may thrive on calamari

By Kate Baggaley

You might be inhaling bits of toxic algae
Environment

You might be inhaling bits of toxic algae

By Kate Baggaley

Figure skaters have to train themselves to ignore their natural reflexes
Science

Figure skaters have to train themselves to ignore their natural reflexes

By Kate Baggaley

Meet the birds that work as wingmen for other males
Animals

Meet the birds that work as wingmen for other males

By Kate Baggaley

These self-destructing electronics can turn your data to dust on command
Technology

These self-destructing electronics can turn your data to dust on command

By Kate Baggaley

Here are all the ways climate change will ruin your flight
Aviation

Here are all the ways climate change will ruin your flight

By Kate Baggaley

A microscopic fungus could mop up our Cold War-era nuclear waste
Environment

A microscopic fungus could mop up our Cold War-era nuclear waste

By Kate Baggaley

How polar animals cope with frigid darkness for months at a time
Animals

How polar animals cope with frigid darkness for months at a time

By Kate Baggaley

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine
Animals

This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine

By Kate Baggaley

Lightning, meet snowstorm: The makings of thundersnow
Environment

Lightning, meet snowstorm: The makings of thundersnow

By Kate Baggaley

Seagulls are eating all of our garbage
Animals

Seagulls are eating all of our garbage

By Kate Baggaley

Mysterious double ‘whirlpools’ are popping up in the ocean
Conservation

Mysterious double ‘whirlpools’ are popping up in the ocean

By Kate Baggaley

New York City isn’t ready for the catastrophic floods in its future
Climate Change

New York City isn’t ready for the catastrophic floods in its future

By Kate Baggaley

Corals grow in patterns, even if we can’t always see them
Animals

Corals grow in patterns, even if we can’t always see them

By Kate Baggaley

Humans may be scaring narwhals to death
Animals

Humans may be scaring narwhals to death

By Kate Baggaley

Cecil the Lion’s infamous death didn’t actually do much to change trophy-hunting laws
Animals

Cecil the Lion’s infamous death didn’t actually do much to change trophy-hunting laws

By Kate Baggaley

Can we make a flu vaccine that lasts for life?
Health

Can we make a flu vaccine that lasts for life?

By Kate Baggaley