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June 04, 2026
A flesh-eating fly has returned to the U.S. What now?
The New World screwworm lays its eggs in open wounds and burrows into skin. While human infections are rare, the insect poses an existential threat to cattle farming and dairy production. And it is now in Texas.
June 03, 2026
How honeybees really crown their queens
For generations, scientists believed a queen honeybee was made almost entirely by diet: feed an ordinary larva enough royal jelly and a ruler emerges. But new research suggests queens are created through a more elaborate process.
June 01, 2026
Why the Arctic’s rivers are rusting
Scientists have identified the two biggest reasons that once-pristine rivers across the Arctic are growing cloudy with toxic orange iron particles that smother insects and suffocate fish.
May 28, 2026
Megafire kills Joshua trees, but not fungi
Though a major fire killed a million Joshua trees in the Mojave desert, researchers found that fungi and bacteria underneath the scorched earth were totally unaffected.