Stories by Susan Cosier

Forestry is deadly. Could automating some logging tasks help?

Cloud-diving expeditions reveal the hidden physics of brewing snowstorms

A chunk of a Mesopotamian palace revealed genes from dozens of ancient plants

Scientists have proposed a network of supercomputing centers that would focus on local climate impacts

A molecular additive allows different kinds of plastic to be recycled together

Bird-strike-deterrent window films don’t work if they’re placed on the indoor side

A volatile compound makes nematodes food for oyster mushrooms

Dental scanners could help researchers diagnose stressed-out baby corals

Flying robots help researchers identify and protect threatened plants and other species in places that are inaccessible to humans

Reducing human threats could unlock important connections between protected animal habitats

These organisms’ private “mucospheres” play an outsize role in the planet’s carbon cycle

A recent study puts a number to how much our consumption imperils threatened species

Genes found in the flora could help crops and biofuels survive more drastic extremes

The pachyderms build simple actions into complex movements

Story time reduced pain and stress

Modified switchgrass can sop up weapons chemicals on military ranges

Pollutants have increased, and prey has changed, as the water warms, a chemical analysis of tusks shows

One of the country’s largest captive-breeding programs for the once endangered species has helped it recover in California

A new tool can help land managers focus their efforts to restore forests

Bacteria inspire a new pollution-monitoring setup

New research shows how a laser-based system can help detect mosquito movements

The finding comes as the Trump administration has been rolling back clean air regulations

A new model suggests a way to save half of tropical species 

A common component of plastics could come from existing carbon sources