Articles by

Jake Buehler

Giant hornets have been sighted in Europe for the first time

A species of enormous hornets has found its way to Europe for the first time.  The southern...

The oldest known fossil tadpole was a big baby

Tadpoles have been wriggling in the world’s ponds for at least 161 million years. A newly detailed...

Polar bears are being exposed to more pathogens as the climate warms

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland...

DNA from old hair helps confirm the macabre diet of two 19th century lions

A pair of male lions that roamed Kenya more than a century ago gained notoriety as the...

This amoeba eats prey like owls do

A microbial predator that stalks the waters of the German countryside envelopes its victims and leaves their...

Mega El Niños kicked off the world’s worst mass extinction

A barrage of intense, wild swings in climate conditions may have fueled the largest mass extinction in...