Articles by

Jake Buehler

Cuddly koalas had a brutal, blade-toothed close cousin

The koalas clambering around eucalyptus canopies may be cuddly herbivores, but their extinct relatives were horrifying predators....

Subway mosquitoes evolved millennia ago in ancient Mediterranean cities

Subterranean mosquitoes specialized for life in subways and sewers first evolved to pester humans millennia ago in...

What the longest woolly rhino horn tells us about the beasts’ biology

The longest woolly rhino horn ever found is providing new insights into the lives of these now...

Is camouflage better than warning colors? For insects, it depends

Prey animals can use their colors to hide from predators or dissuade them from attacking. But local...

Octopus arms are adaptable but some are favored for particular jobs

All eight arms of an octopus can be used for whatever their cephalopod owner wishes, but some...

A sixth mass extinction? Not so fast, some scientists say

We may not be living through Earth’s sixth mass extinction event ­­— at least not yet. That’s...

These Newly Discovered Cells Breathe in Two Ways

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Take a deep breath. A flow of air...

Horses may have become rideable with the help of a genetic mutation

Two key gene variants may have made early domesticated horses more tame and more physically resilient to...