Jan 2nd, 2009 · Biologists identified bacteria that shorten the lifespan of disease-carrying mosquitoes. Shorter lives mean less time for the mosquitoes to incubate and transmit diseases like dengue and malaria. Biologist Andrew Read of Pennsylvania State University explains the findings.
Dec 10th, 2008 · The world is full of unusual animal sounds — and among the more unusual is the call of the bare-throated tiger heron. Greg Budney, a biologist from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, recorded one of these long-legged wading birds in Guatemala. The bird, he says, makes him "think of a large cat."
Dec 5th, 2008 · The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance and Strangeness of Insect Societies peers into the world of ants and other social insects. Eminent biologist Edward O. Wilson and co-author Bert Hölldobler, a biologist at Arizona State University, discuss the book.
Nov 30th, 2008 · Andrea Seabrook shares parting words from Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson
Sep 12th, 2008 · In the new computer game, players create and control an entire species, directing their evolution from single-celled organisms into an interstellar civilization. An evolutionary biologist discusses the science behind the game with Will Wright, creator of "Spore."
Sep 9th, 2008 · Mary Edwards is a fish biologist who loves salmon — especially if they're running upriver. But her true passion is to take portrait-style photos of fish underwater, in the remote rivers of the Pacific Northwest.
Aug 3rd, 2008 · A scientist says he's found the tiniest species of snake in the world. It averages less than four inches long and is as thin as a spaghetti noodle. Before this, biologist Blair Hedges already had discovered the world's smallest frog and the world's smallest lizard.
Jul 21st, 2008 · In the second report of "Sounds Wild," biologist Greg Budney talks about his trip to Guatemala's rainforest. That's where he recorded sounds of the keel-billed toucan and a rare mammal called the coatimundi. "Sounds Wild" is an occasional series on the sounds of rare animals. The sounds are provided by the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology.