At the tail end of the age of the dinosaurs, a pony-sized duckbill dinosaur called Ajnabia roamed North Africa. But to get there, duckbill dinosaurs had to cross oceans.
Category: water
Blue Whale Song Timing Reveals Time to Go – Scientific American
Blue whales switch from singing at night to singing during the day when they’re about to migrate.
Zombie Crickets Possessed by Water Worms – A Graphic Novel – San Diego Natural History Museum
A graphic novel I researched and co-wrote for the Coast to Cactus exhibit at the San Diego Natural History Museum
Squid Glowing Skin Patterns May Be Code – Scientific American
E-readers are cool. But what if you’re an e-squid?
Stress from Undersea Noise Interferes with Crab Camouflage – Scientific American
Loud noise from ships thwarts shore crab camouflage.
Neandertals Tooled Around with Clams – Scientific American
~50,000 years before modern humans stepped foot in what is now Italy, Neandertals were gathering clams from the Mediterranean and turning them into tools. My latest podcast for Scientific American.
Ick Factor Is High Hurdle for Recycled Drinking Water – Scientific American
The idea of drinking recycled water taps into people’s deep-seated sense of disgust.
Glowing Slime
Some animals such as jellyfish and fireflies produce their own light. Scientists have harnessed these properties in the service of biomedical research. Now, they’ve unscrambled the unique chemistry of another glowing creature – a marine worm. By Susanne Bard
TB’s Journey from Africa to the New World
Did marine mammals bring tuberculosis to South America? By Susanne Bard
Susanne Clara Bard 