Susan Milius

Susan Milius

Life Sciences Writer

Life sciences writer Susan Milius has been writing about botany, zoology and ecology for Science News since the last millennium. She worked at diverse publications before breaking into science writing and editing. After stints on the staffs of The Scientist, Science, International Wildlife and United Press International, she joined Science News. Three of Susan's articles have been selected to appear in editions of The Best American Science Writing.

All Stories by Susan Milius

  1. Animals

    Brains for a change

    Outsized brains may have sped up evolution of body size in birds.

  2. Animals

    Not-OK Coral

    First big species audit finds coral extinction risks severely under-reported

  3. Life

    Embryos can learn visually

    For cuttlefish embryos, what they see is what they'll crave as food later

  4. Animals

    Whaling, to be announced

    The 60th meeting of the International Whaling Commission defers voting on deadlocked issues

  5. Animals

    Don’t blame the guys

    Scientists take a new look at what drives female damselflies to look like males.

  6. Life

    Nearly immortal sea creature spreads

    Hydrozoan with reversible life cycle now found worldwide.

  7. Humans

    Whaling back to the future

    International commission meets after soul-searching on years of dispute.

  8. Animals

    Squeaky chimp sex, or not

    Female chimps tend toward silent sex when the other girls could overhear.

  9. Climate

    Goldilocks tree leaves

    Leaves mostly keep their cool (or warmth) wherever they live, a finding that might affect reconstructions of past climates.

  10. Animals

    Invasion of the salmon

    Chinook salmon, dwindling in the United States, go wild in South America.

  11. Health & Medicine

    Tame-walk potion

    A one-two sting and a cockroach lets a wasp lead it like a dog on a leash.

  12. Life

    Zombie babysitters

    Wasp attack creates undead caterpillars that protect wasp young