Veronique Greenwood

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Talking Tomatoes: Sick Plants Warn Their Neighbors

Chemical signaling allows healthy plants to defend themselves when a single neighbor is under attack—a result of communication among species that were always thought to be entirely mute

By Veronique Greenwood

Is Your Toddler as Smart as a Crow? No

High order ideas like water displacement and tool manufacturing aren't beyond the reach of one very smart bird. The skills of the New Caledonian crow reveal just how complex animal brains can be.

By Veronique Greenwood

Giant Virus Found in Permafrost

Strange things are slumbering in the permafrost—and some of them are able to wake up

By Veronique Greenwood

What Ancient Aztecs Shared With Modern New Yorkers

New studies suggest that all cities—big, small, primitive and contemporary—grow in similar ways

By Veronique Greenwood

A Salmon Has a Better GPS Than You Do

New insights on how salmon make the migrations they do

By Veronique Greenwood

Why it's Good (For Someone Else) to Get Eaten By a Lion

When top predators are eliminated, the species they prey on can run amok

By Veronique Greenwood
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