Today’s global warming is threatening our planet, but similar events also happened in the past. This study reveals that characteristic Caribbean coastal dunes were shaped by a dry and windy climate caused by ancient global warming. This discovery will help better predict the future outcomes of today’s climate changes.

Malaria is a life-threatening tropical disease globally spreading out, and scientists have been seeking an effective way to control its prevalence. Here, we propose an innovative approach that prevents disease transmission by infecting mosquitoes with a newly found beneficial parasite.

Climate change is affecting fisheries around the world. Fisheries managers need an innovative system to consider the climate-driven changes in their decision-making. A new ensemble model of marine ecosystems allows to forecast how climate change may alter North Atlantic fishing grounds for the next decades and to advise fisheries management for the sustainable future.

Glass frogs are well known for their transparent belly skin that gives them a unique translucent appearance. We asked how being translucent, rather than completely transparent, may act as camouflage. We found that translucency creates targeted camouflage that helps the frogs better blend into their surroundings, hide from predators, and survive another day.

Ancient comets are great history-tellers of the Solar system. Our discovery of nitrogenous salts within comets provides hints for how comets might have brought nitrogen onto different planets, including Earth where nitrogen is crucial to creating and preserving life.

Modern tomatoes are very different from the original tomatoes from South America. Breeding has caused the loss of many essential genes, including those for flavor. Inserting these genes back into modern tomatoes will allow tomatoes to regain flavor.