Articles by

Jude Coleman

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...

Earth may have 9,200 more tree species than previously thought

Trillions of trees are growing on Earth, though how many kinds there are has been underestimated, a...

Here’s how spider geckos survive on Earth’s hottest landscape

A handful of small, nocturnal geckos have spilled their guts for science, revealing how the creatures get...