All Stories by Susan Milius
- Life
Embryos can learn visually
For cuttlefish embryos, what they see is what they'll crave as food later
- Animals
Whaling, to be announced
The 60th meeting of the International Whaling Commission defers voting on deadlocked issues
- Animals
Don’t blame the guys
Scientists take a new look at what drives female damselflies to look like males.
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- Humans
Whaling back to the future
International commission meets after soul-searching on years of dispute.
- Animals
Squeaky chimp sex, or not
Female chimps tend toward silent sex when the other girls could overhear.
- Climate
Goldilocks tree leaves
Leaves mostly keep their cool (or warmth) wherever they live, a finding that might affect reconstructions of past climates.
- Animals
Invasion of the salmon
Chinook salmon, dwindling in the United States, go wild in South America.
- Health & Medicine
Tame-walk potion
A one-two sting and a cockroach lets a wasp lead it like a dog on a leash.
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- Climate
Already feeling the heat
Long-delayed U.S. government summary of climate change science sees effects on energy, transportation, farming, and water.
- Life
Two-mommy bird nests
Researchers have found an unexpected number of two-female nests in Oahu’s bird colony.
