The research underscores growing concerns about how ultra-small plastic particles move through marine ecosystems and into foods people rely on. Researchers studying mangrove forests in Colombia found ...

NPR science podcast Short Wave brings us the stories of how Fiddler crabs drum their mating songs into the sand, growing chicken nuggets in the lab, and a drug like LSD — without the trip. It's time ...

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. David Johnson had been working in the ...

David Johnson had been working in the salt marshes of Plum Island, just south of New Hampshire’s border, for about a decade when he spotted an unusual small crustacean descend quickly into a burrow in ...

Researchers studying mangrove forests in Colombia found that fiddler crabs can ingest microplastics and grind them into even smaller fragments, potentially accelerating plastic degradation. The crabs ...