Jason G. Goldman
Scientific American
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Evolution’s Favorite Fish Diversify through ‘Noncoding’ Genes
Proliferating cichlids may specialize using regulatory DNA → Read More
How the Wolves Change the Forest
New research tracked the canines in northern Minnesota for years to see just how they reshape their ecosystems. Audio of wolves inside Voyageurs National Park, courtesy of Jacob Job . → Read More
Indigenous Lands Ace Biodiversity Measurements
Across the board, indigenous-managed regions equal or surpass conventional conservation areas → Read More
Orcas May Turn Great White Sharks into Scaredy Cats
Sharks abandon popular feeding areas when orcas are nearby → Read More
Monkeys Use Alarm Calls to Tell Predators to Scram
Anthropologist Dara Adams was following a troop of six saki monkeys in Peru’s Amazon rain forest, when out of nowhere they began shrieking, hooting and barking loudly. Suddenly, sleek and black as night, a small wildcat called a jaguarundi descended the trunk of a Brazil nut tree, leaped to the forest floor and ran off into the jungle. → Read More
Where humans suffer, so do elephants
Elephant poaching is an Africa-wide program, but solving it requires a local approach. → Read More
A Tiny Reef Fish Can Recognize Itself in a Mirror
When chimpanzees and elephants pass this classic test, they are said to have self-awareness. Can we say the same for a fish? → Read More
What Birds Can Teach Us about Flying Robots
Modeling the physics of bird jumping is helping engineers make more mobile machines → Read More
Killer Whales and Chimpanzees Have Similar Personalities
Animals of both species can be assessed using many of the “big five” factors used to describe humans → Read More
Simple Genetic Mutation Helped Humans Become Endurance Runners
Mice with the human version of a gene can run for longer without becoming fatigued → Read More
A Scientist Found a Kelp on a Worm in a Hole in the Mud on the Bottom of the Sea
A novel ecological relationship lets kelp grow where it otherwise couldn’t. → Read More
Crickets Carve Tools to Amplify Their Chirps
The insects fashion and use "baffles"—sound controllers—made of leaves to produce sound more efficiently. Jason G. Goldman reports. → Read More
What DNA From Foxes, Bred to Be Pets, Teaches Us About Humans
A Soviet-era experiment to breed tame and aggressive foxes has produced surprising revelations about social behavior and domestication. → Read More
Some Crows Hit On Dead Companions
About 5 percent of crows will attempt to copulate with other crows that have joined the choir invisible . → Read More
Living on the Edge: Wildfires Pose a Growing Risk to Homes Built Near Wilderness Areas
Building houses at the edge of the wilderness increases the danger of catastrophic blazes → Read More
Giant Kelp: Here to Help
The elongated seaweed plays a key structural role in marine environments. → Read More
In 200 Years Cows May Be the Biggest Land Mammals on the Planet
Around 13,000 years ago North America had a more diverse mammal community than modern-day Africa. There were multiple horse species, camels, llamas and a now-extinct animal called Glyptodon, which looked something like a Volkswagen bug–size armadillo. Smilodon, a saber-toothed cat around the size of today’s African lion, skulked across the grasslands in search of ground sloths and mammoths.… → Read More
Planting Milkweed for Monarchs? Make Sure It's Native
Non-native milkweed species planted in the southern U.S. could harm monarch butterflies as temperatures rise. Jason G. Goldman reports. → Read More
Planting Milkweed for Monarchs? Make Sure It's Native
Non-native milkweed species planted in the southern U.S. could harm monarch butterflies as temperatures rise. Jason G. Goldman reports. → Read More
More Birds Expected for Majority of National Parks, Thanks to Climate Change
Climate change may have big impacts on avian species, and all the results may not be positive. → Read More