Articles by

Jake Buehler

Giant tortoise migration in the Galápagos may be stymied by invasive trees

After trudging upslope for weeks, a giant tortoise slows its hundreds of cumbersome kilograms to a stop....

Ancient trees’ gnarled, twisted shapes provide irreplaceable habitats

Earth’s oldest, knotted and scarred pine trees are a boon for forest life.  These old mountain pines...

The first known scorpion to live with ants carries mini hitchhikers

In the middle of an April night in Israel’s Jordan Valley, Yoram Zvik sweeps a UV light...

Megalodon, the largest shark ever, may have been a long, slender giant

The largest shark discovered to date — the monstrous Otodus megalodon — may have been a sleek,...

Numbats are built to hold heat, making climate change extra risky for the marsupials

Numbats are curious creatures. The only marsupials that are active solely during the day, when they scratch...

Why do some lizards and snakes have horns?

Horns aren’t just for rhinos and cattle. A fair number of snake and lizard species have heads...

These nesting penguins nod off over 10,000 times a day, for seconds at a time

Nesting chinstrap penguins take nodding off to the extreme. The birds briefly dip into a slumber many...

Bonobos, like humans, cooperate with unrelated members of other groups

Humans regularly cooperate and share resources with other, unrelated humans in different social groups, often without any...