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an orange, black, and white monarch butterfly on a pink milkweed flower

How everyone can help monarch butterflies

By Laura Baisas

a moth with a yellow body, pink legs, and pink and yellow wings sits on a green leaf

The ‘disco’ gene could help moths tell time

By Laura Baisas

a blue lobster in an aquarium tank

Why blue animals are so rare in nature

By Laura Baisas

By examining pollen grains clinging to the bodies of painted lady butterflies (one shown above), scientists have traced the insect’s multigenerational migration across several continents.

The secrets of butterfly migration, written in pollen

By Saugat Bolakhe / Knowable Magazine

A bee on a peach rose. Understanding how flowering plants and bees evolved together can help inform conservation efforts for pollinators and how to keep their populations healthy.

The world’s earliest bees may have called Gondwana home

By Laura Baisas

Water skimmer inspired robot atop water

These micro-robots were inspired by mini-bugs and water striders

Bumblebee pollinator over red and orange flowers

Microscopic worms use electricity to ride bumblebees like EVs

By Laura Baisas

Vibrant Blue-Throated Bird Perched on a Branch with Open Beak.

The lucrative bird-singing contests that are pushing species to the brink

By Sandy Ong / Knowable Magazine

A carnivorous Sarracenia plant growing in the wild.

Carnivorous pitcher plants may use tempting aromas to lure prey to their death

By Laura Baisas

A mother and calf humpback whale swim underwater.

Close to half of migratory species are in serious decline: UN report

By Laura Baisas

A bunch of wet blueberries.

Why blueberries aren’t technically blue

By Laura Baisas

To protect wild bumblebees, people have to find them first

To protect wild bumblebees, people have to find them first

By Sarah Trent / High Country News

Fire in a forest

Fire is driving animals’ evolution

By Kylie Mohr / High Country News

A deceased blue tit is being held in a womans hand

More than a billion birds could be dying from flying into buildings each year in US

By Lauren Leffer

Desert daisy tricks male flies with sexy evolutionary deception

Desert daisy tricks male flies with sexy evolutionary deception

By Laura Baisas

Environmental DNA is everywhere. Scientists are gathering it all.

Environmental DNA is everywhere. Scientists are gathering it all.

By Peter Andrey Smith/Undark

Several blooming yellow sunflowers under a blue sky with white clouds.

We still don’t fully know how sunflowers turn toward the sun

By Laura Baisas

Lucid Gravity EV SUV

Electric Vehicles

Lucid says its new all-electric SUV beats Tesla Model X range by nearly 100 miles

By Kristin Shaw

West Nile Virus cases are on the rise again: How to protect yourself

By Lauren Leffer

Rafflesia kemumu in the rainforest of Sumatra.

Earth’s stinkiest flower is threatened with extinction

By Laura Baisas

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Vector illustration of a teenage girl and boy holding a smartphone and being shocked and surprised by ban on social media or the use of smartphones. The background shows a smartphone screen with several app icons with blocked symbols.

What can we learn from Australia’s social media ban for teens?

By Rachel Nowak / Knowable Magazine

a frog sits in a lake. it has a brown body with black spots

Endangered Species

Over 10,000 endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs are taking California by storm

By Margherita Bassi

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Why you shouldn’t trust everything you find in an AI web search