Ed Yong

1 month ago | commonsensemedia.org | Ed Yong |Lucinda Dyer

age 10+ Visually stunning look at how animals perceive the world. Parents need to know that An Immense World: How Animals Sense Earth's Amazing Secrets is the Young Readers Edition of Ed Yong's bestselling book for adults. Filled with vivd color illustrations and an accessible (but sometimes challenging) text, the book explores the surprising ways animals use their senses to perceive the world.

1 month ago | nationalgeographic.fr | Ed Yong

Vous n’êtes qu’un embryon de quatre semaines, vos bras et vos orteils commencent à peine à bourgeonner sur vos flancs. Puis vous avez six semaines. Ces membres primitifs se sont alors bien allongés, et cinq arêtes cartilagineuses se forment à leur extrémité encore aplatie. Mais vous voici à sept semaines, et les cellules entre ces arêtes disparaissent, ce qui a pour effet de sculpter cinq petits doigts et autant d’orteils dans votre chair.

1 month ago | nationalgeographic.com | Ed Yong

As you read this, you are glowing – weakly, faintly, but glowing nonetheless. Chemical reactions within your body, besides liberating energy and producing heat, are also emitting small numbers of photons, elementary particles of light. The glow is strongest in the late afternoon, and around the lower part of your face. Many living creatures, including fireflies, jellyfish, squid, glow-worms and deep-sea fish, are known for producing their own light often through the help of bacterial accomplices.

1 month ago | paenvironmentdigest.com | Ed Yong

The May 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation is now available featuring articles on---- I Love My State Park Week May 11-18!-- New Think Outside Podcast - Exploring Hills Creek State Park With Ben Stone-- June 25 Virtual Book Club: An Immense World By Ed Yong            Click Here to read the entire Take Five. Click Here to sign up for your own copy.

Mar 4, 2025 | nationalgeographic.com | Ed Yong

On winter evenings throughout much of Europe and North America, an hour before sunset, thousands of starlings gather in the skies. Before descending to their nighttime roosts, the birds put on one of nature’s most spectacular displays. They pulse, ripple, and wheel as if they were a single entity—an amorphous, shape-shifting creature with the delicate beauty of calligraphic brushstrokes and the erratic chaos of flickering flames. How could so many birds be so tightly coordinated?