This study shows that the degradation of microbial storage polyhydroxyalkanoates is not just restricted to microorganisms by finding that some animals also have the enzymes required to break down thes...

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By Skype a Scientist

When she's not driving 'The Squidmobile,' ​Sarah McAnulty is installing vivid murals about other critters that live in Philadelphia.

WILLIMANTIC — For those looking to unleash their inner artist and creativity, there is a place, alongside Riverside Drive in Willimantic, to break out the paint and join artist Ezra

From the beginning of life on Earth, microbes, small but influential single-celled organisms, have shaped the environment that animals must adapt to in order to survive. Distinct microbial populations...

Sequence-based microbiome studies have revealed much about how hosts interact with communities of symbiotic microbiota but often lack a spatial understanding of how microbes relate to each other and t...

Global ocean research needs to shift priorities to ensure the health and well-being of our oceans, and by extension, humanity.

Protocol: Distributing seeds for native plants with poster stations By Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D., Skype a Scientist Last updated April 10 2025 The goal of this project is to distribute native plant seeds...

Many individual researchers are frustrated by the response - or the lack of a response - from universities to a growing crisis.

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Scientists & experts: Add your name to this open letter calling on Congress and the Trump administration to ensure that NOAA and its sub-agencies remain fully funded and staffed, and that the independ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.