Anna Gibbs was the spring 2022 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a B.A. in English from Harvard College and a master’s in science, health and environmental reporting from New York University.
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Sponges are remarkably diverse hot spots for bacteria, in part because of the mixed-housing environment that the tools offer their tenants.
Schmidt’s fringe-fingered lizard shown here, depend on a complex internal structure to help them keep their tails until it’s time to lose them.
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For the first time, three recorded events show that orcas do hunt and eat blue whales using coordinated attacks that have worked on other large whales.
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Schmidt’s fringe-fingered lizard