Get your glow on!

Coral reefs are truly a sight to behold. Did you know that coral depends entirely on another organism to survive? Well, it’s true– and what’s more, under stressful conditions, corals eject their symbiotic roommates. This is called coral bleaching, because they lose all their glorious colors in the process. Global warming is unfortunately causing severe bleaching events in reefs around the world, especially in the famed Great Barrier Reef.

wtf: a meiotic drive tragedy in 3 acts

Meiotic drive is something thing that happens in the gametes of all walks of life, from itty bitty fungi to plants and animals.

[Lab] Microscopic coloring book

Ladies and Germs (and whoever else is reading),

We made a coloring book. And not just any coloring book.

Microbial Linguistics

Bacteria and fungi are having hitherto unknown conversations in a language called terpene: a new study is trying to translate the message.

Viral evolution

Today we learned: there’s such a thing as tanglegrams.

Coevolution

Coevolution seems self-explanatory, but there’s more to it than you might think. It’s a term used to describe when organisms evolve in response to one another, but this can happen in different ways and for different reasons. Here’s a brief, very brief, introduction.