Most of us hope that we’ll only have to lose one set of teeth during our lifetime, but for most animals, replacing…
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Worth A Thousand Words Unravelling the dinosaur diet one tooth at a timeRead more
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Worth A Thousand Words Ripe for the Picking: Wild weeds may provide a new food sourceRead more
The overgrown lots and sidewalks of California cities might not seem like a great place to seek out nutritious greens, but in…
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Worth A Thousand Words Insights from the daily grind: what koala and kangaroo teeth can tell usRead more
In their recent study published in PLOS ONE, paleoecologist Larisa DeSantis and her team find out whether diet and climate have an…
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Worth A Thousand Words CSI Tromsø: Where Forensics meets VikingsRead more
Insect remains have their own tale to tell in the mystery that surrounds the Øsknes Viking burial boat, as Eva Pangiotakopulu and…
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Worth A Thousand Words Country Food Sharing in the Canadian Arctic: Does it Feed the Neediest?Read more
About 750 Inuit call Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik, Canada on Quebec’s Ungava Peninsula, their remote, arctic home. Because there are no roads to…
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Worth A Thousand Words Digging Deep into Walden Pond’s HistoryRead more
Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts is perhaps best known as the site of Henry David Thoreau’s experiment in living simply. However, the…
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Worth A Thousand Words Native invaders: a chink in the armour of ecological policy?Read more
Invasive species are widely recognised as a major threat to the functioning of ecosystems and conservation of wildlife in the 21st century…
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Worth A Thousand Words Addressing healthcare needs of women and mothers to ensure a healthy futureRead more
The first National Women’s Day was observed in the United States on February 28th 1909 in honour of the garment worker’s strike…
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Worth A Thousand Words Taking a piece of home with you: Farming fungi in a new Azteca ant colonyRead more
Moving to a new home is usually accompanied with a long to-do list, from painting the walls to unpacking boxes. For…
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Worth A Thousand Words Wolves of the Sea: Killer Whales and the First Observed Predation on Beaked Whales in the Southern HemisphereRead more
Killer whales. The name alone is enough to strike fear in even the steeliest of hearts. Also known as orcas, these apex…
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Fun A Happy Lab Rat? Check the Ears!Read more
What do you think of when you hear the term “lab rat”? Chances are, you might not picture an animal happily playing…
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Paleontology What’s Warming the Cold-Blooded Iguana?Read more
Now that dinosaurs no longer roam the Earth, scientists use modern animals to understand how their ancient ancestors reproduced, walked, and even…