Articles by

Bethany Brookshire

How an invasive ant changed a lion’s dinner menu

How did the ant steal the lion’s dinner? This isn’t the beginning of one of Aesop’s Fables....

The right bacterial mix could help frogs take the heat

Some of a green frog’s heat tolerance might come from its microbiome. Put a wood frog tadpole...

A new battery starves cancer cells of oxygen in mice

It’s not great when a person sucks all the oxygen out of a room. When a battery...

A natural gene drive could steer invasive rodents on islands to extinction

In the battle against the invasive house mouse on islands, scientists are using the rodent’s own genes...

Deer-vehicle collisions spike when daylight saving time ends

People pay deerly for the switch from daylight saving time. The change to standard time in autumn...

Mountain lions pushed out by wildfires take more risks

Mountain lions have no interest in people, or the built-up areas we enjoy. But after a 2018...

Dim lighting may raise the risk of a West Nile virus exposure

Don’t dim the lights. A survey using more than 6,000 chickens across Florida shows that low levels...

A tour of ‘Four Lost Cities’ reveals modern ties to ancient people

Four Lost CitiesAnnalee NewitzW.W. Norton & Co., $26.95 It’s a familiar trope in movies and books:...