Articles by

Gennaro Tomma

For adult chimps, playing may be more important than previously thought

You are never too old to play — a maxim that even adult chimpanzees seem to follow....

For deep-diving whales, plastic garbage may ‘sound’ like food

In the ocean’s abyss, deep-diving whales use echolocation to hunt in pitch dark. Emitting sounds that bounce...

How tiny phytoplankton trek long distances upward in the ocean

It’s one of the most massive migrations on Earth: a huge biomass of tiny plankton that travel...

Dolphins’ open-mouth behaviors during play are like smiles, a study claims

Dolphins are known for what appear to be big, contagious smiles. But do they actually, well, smile?...

Bumblebees lose most of their sense of smell after heat waves

Heat waves don’t just make bumblebees hot. The high temperatures also seem to drastically reduce their sense...

Scientists want to send endangered species’ cells to the moon

As more and more species near extinction, scientists have been collecting samples from animals, plants and other...