March 8, 2017

Venomous or Poisonous?

Okay, it used to be simple for us biology nerds to distinguish “poisonous” organisms from “venomous” organisms. In lectures, I...

January 11, 2017

Zebras and tigers oh my!

How did the zebra get its stripes? How did the tiger get its stripes? These are age-old questions in natural...

January 11, 2017

CSI at the Zoo! What happened to these animal bones, thousands of years ago? A research team at Emory University...

January 11, 2017

Hot off the presses! How does one correct a scientific error that was made more than 150 years ago? That’s...