Articles by Kelsey Kennedy

Extracting venom for medical research just got a whole lot safer and easier.

It's the first time mallards have been documented as killers.

Only humans are as good at keeping rhythm in the animal kingdom.

Make a salad while staying on the good side of the Parks Department.

Just be wary of the sharks guarding it.

Come have a pint with meerkats, coatis, and lemurs.

Scientists call it a "geometric nightmare."

Streamlined bodies mean streamlined eggs.

But pōhutukawa disappeared from the continent a long time ago.

Pop-ups, harlequinades, and Meggendorfers, oh my!

It's armed with spider and scorpion neurotoxins—but it only affects bloodsuckers.

How else would they get from the Sargasso Sea to Europe?

The species is now at risk of extinction.

Use science to make it glow.

How we might help ecosystems adapt to the world we've created.

The technique could be a boon for famers who rely on the services of pollinators.

Shhhhhhh!

The findings can help unravel prehistoric food webs.

Attention, space travelers.

Safe and sound, 70 years later.

The work could lead to treatments for depression and epilepsy.

And it took nothing less than the Black Death.

It not only looks cool, but also helps scientists better understand lightning rods.

Blown off a local lake, it's disrupting traffic and making people sick.