Articles by

Jake Buehler

Around the world, birds sing longer in light-polluted areas

Light pollution makes birds work overtime.A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution...

A child’s biological sex may not always be a random 50-50 chance

Some people may be predisposed to having children of just one sex. That’s the conclusion of new...

Greenland sled dog DNA is a window into the Arctic’s archaeological past

A millennium-long story about Greenland is written in the genes of the island’s sled dogs. A new genomic...

Preemptively cutting rhinos’ horns cuts poaching

Rhino poaching may be substantially reduced by removing the reason so many rhinos are poached in the...

Aussie cockatoos use their beaks and claws to turn on water fountains

On a hot day, a few glugs from a park drinking fountain can be a major relief...

Bedbugs may have been one of the first urban pests

The earliest cities may have had plenty of parasitic, six-legged tenants.  Common bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) experienced a...

Chimp chatter is a lot more like human language than previously thought

Grunts, barks, screams and pants ring through Taï National Park in Cȏte d’Ivoire. Chimpanzees there combine these...

These crocodile-like beasts reached the Caribbean, outlasting mainland kin

Athletic, crocodile-like reptiles with bladed teeth made their last stand in the Caribbean as recently as 4.5...