Design Principles Confer Optimal Light Harvesting in Plants

Photosynthesis in plants starts with the absorption of light energy from sunlight, but scientists have been baffled as to how plants utilize the noisy solar spectrum to power the photosynthetic process.


Surveillance Tracing: Red Pandas in Himalayan Nepal

It’s tough to be a red panda in this fallen world, especially after the global Flood.


Maine Lobsters Make International News

The life of a Maine lobster is mostly a matter of crawling around on muddy continental shelf seafloors, not far from a coastline. Benthic scavenging is periodically interrupted by molting and ecdysis.1,2 But Maine lobsters recently made international news as the subject of a presidential action issued from the White House.3


Should We Grouse About Not Seeing Grouse?

A recent report in Chesapeake Bay Journal laments the decline in ruffed grouse populations in the Chesapeake watershed region of its natural range.


Honeybees: How Sweet It Is, Again

After some scary population downturns and scarier rumors of bee populations crashing, honeybees are making a comeback, populationally speaking.1,2 After a year of devastatingly bad news,3 bounce-back statistics on honeybee populations are now making for sweet news.

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