My Articles

I've written for numerous magazines, newspapers, and websites over the years. Please contact me for clips. A sampling: 


Spider

The Dark Past of the Polar Bear, November 2011


Odyssey

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?, April 2011


Today's Science

DNA Evidence Exposes Ice Age Stranger, May 2010

Mirror, Mirror: Studying the Smarts of Swine, December 2009

The Return of the Rodent: Researchers Make Knockout Rats, October 2009

Light Sensing in Birds, September 2009

All Pumped Up, February 2008

Insect Altruism — More than a Family Matter?, January 2008

Robots Lead Roaches into the Light, December 2007

Secret Senses: Birds "See" Magnetic Field, November 2007

Silent No More, November 2007

Talking Bones, September 2007

Chimps Toy with Temptation, September 2007

Aliens: Far Weirder than We Think?, August 2007

Bloomin' Mystery Solved... Again, June 2007

T. Rex Sheds Light on Family Tree, May 2007

Migratory Birds Suffer as Seasons Change, June 2006

Devoted Dad or Deadbeat: It's in the DNA, July 2005

The Animal Kingdom Gets Bigger, July 2005


Research|Penn State

Snapshots of Scholars, June 2005

Growing Health, February 2005



Books I've written: learn more here.


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