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.

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

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.

Dolphins—like other cetaceans such as whales, wholphins, and porpoises—are highly intelligent marine mammals, capable of astonishing feats. A recent University of Leeds study, led by Sonja Wild, adds to what we humans have learned about what and how dolphins learn.^1,2

Dolphins catch fish as prey by a mix of programmed instincts and learning.^3,4

A pair of new studies found that some dinosaurs, and possibly some marine reptiles, laid squishy eggs.