Latest articles by Matt Soniak
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How 8 famous writers chose their pen names
feature Because Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski can be a bit of a mouthful
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How snakes use GPS to find their prey
feature The slithery predators have no problem locating escaped prey after it's been poisoned. Now scientists think they know how.
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How diet affects an animal's chance of becoming roadkill
feature Omnivores have the worst luck
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Are poinsettias as dangerous as everyone says?
feature The truth behind the lore surrounding the seasonal plant
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This is why you don't have sex with other species
feature Some worms find interspecies mating to be a deadly affair
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Meet the Mariah Carey of bats
feature The bat is a versatile chirper, going from whispers to intense screams
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Meet the sommelier of insect stings
feature A yellowjacket sting is "hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W.C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue."
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The deadly sexism of hurricane naming
feature There was nothing "weak, warm, and passive" about a hurricane named Sandy
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The koala's secret to staying cool: Hugging
feature Tree-hugging, to be exact
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Conservationists are murdering invasive fish to save the Caribbean. It might be backfiring.
feature The lionfish has proved to be a wily foe
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Elephants are really messy eaters — and that's great for other animals
feature Call it creative destruction
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Why don't octopuses get stuck to themselves?
feature Their arms have mighty suckers, but octopuses somehow manage to avoid wrapping themselves up in knots
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The best reason to protect bats isn't environmental — it's economic
feature The flying creatures aren't so cuddly. But they sure are useful.
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The sexual battles of plants
feature Meet the milkweed, the plant world's craftiest Don Juan
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How did flightless birds travel around the world?
feature It's a question that has bedeviled ornithologists for years. And it might have just been solved.
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Why don't octopuses get stuck to themselves?
feature Their arms have mighty suckers, but octopuses somehow manage to avoid wrapping themselves up in knots
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Great white sharks live much, much longer than we thought
feature And that has huge implications for conservation efforts
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Watch a falcon and an alligator hunt — from their point of view
feature By mounting cameras on two formidable predators, scientists get rare glimpses into how they capture their prey
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Finally: A drug test that even Elaine Benes could pass
feature Researchers find a potential solution to the "poppy seed defense"
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The case for protecting parasites
feature They aren't the cutest cause, but they play a vital role in our ecosystem
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How rain helped the Mongols conquer Asia
feature Tree rings have many stories to tell
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You're ruining Antarctica
feature This is why we can't have nice continents
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Inside nature's most painfully bizarre sexual ritual
feature It involves sex-reversed genitalia and a barbed, inflatable member
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How spiders can tell if their mate is sleeping around
feature One species puts a whole new spin on spidey sense
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