Articles by

Jude Coleman

Heat waves cause more illness and death in U.S. cities with fewer trees

In the United States, urban neighborhoods with primarily white residents tend to have more trees than...

Some mysteries remain about why dogs wag their tails

When it comes to tail wagging among dogs, some questions still hound researchers. We know that domesticated...

A fiber inspired by polar bears traps heat as well as down feathers do

The Arctic’s extreme cold is no match for a polar bear’s super-insulating fur. Humans could one...

10 billion snow crabs have disappeared off the Alaskan coast. Here’s why

From 2018 to 2021, an estimated 10 billion snow crabs disappeared from the eastern Bering Sea off...

Here’s why some Renaissance artists egged their oil paintings

Art historians often wish that Renaissance painters could shell out secrets of the craft. Now, scientists may...

Many plans for green infrastructure risk leaving vulnerable people out

If you’ve noticed more lush medians and plant-covered roofs in cities, it’s not your imagination. Incorporating more...

A new metric of extinction risk considers how cultures care for species

In shallow coastal waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans, a seagrass-scrounging cousin of the manatee is...

The spongy moth’s new name replaces an ethnic slur

A menacing pest just became a bit less problematic, at least socially, after getting an update to...