Articles by

Amanda Heidt

Will the Endangered Species Act survive Trump?

Now that Donald Trump has reassumed the presidency of the United States, scientists and legal scholars are...

Velvet ants have the Swiss Army knife of venoms

Few creatures can tangle with a velvet ant and walk away unscathed. These ground-dwelling insects are not...

Bees flying near cars are dying by the millions, a roadkill study suggests

Tens of millions of bees are likely being killed each day by vehicles — and that’s just...

Can scientists make fruits and veggies resilient to climate change?

In 2023, a new type of apple made its commercial debut at a trade show in Berlin....

An ancient, massive urban complex has been found in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Scientists have uncovered the Amazon’s earliest and largest example of farm-based citylike settlements high in the foothills...

Crabs left the sea not once, but several times, in their evolution

Most terrestrial plants and animals left the ocean a single time in their evolutionary history to live...