Cavefish: A Study in Evo-Devo: Check out this interview with William R. Jeffery. The surface-dwelling ancestor of cavefish and its cave-dwelling descendents coexist today, providing insights into evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). Read more…

Scientists Speak to Congress About Biological Research: Biological scientists recently traveled to Washington, DC to communicate to members of Congress the importance of sustained federal investments in the biological sciences. Read more…

Prospects for Sustainable Logging in Tropical Forests: A convincing body of evidence shows that as it is presently codified, sustainable forest-management (SFM) logging implemented at an industrial scale guarantees commercial and biological depletion of high-value timber species within three harvests in all three major tropical forest regions.

Life in the Deep Biosphere: When the fourth phase of international scientific ocean drilling gets under way next year, one of the initiatives of the 10-year program will be “Biosphere Frontiers.”