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Sarah Zielinski

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Sarah Zielinski is a science writer and editor with more than a decade of experience covering a wide breadth of science, from astronomy to zoology. A former editor at Smithsonian magazine, she has been published in Scientific American, Discover, National Geographic News, Science and Slate. The winner of the DCSWA 2010 Science News Brief Award, she has a B.A. in biological sciences from Cornell University and an M.A. in journalism through New York University’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. She writes the blog Wild Things at Science News.

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A photo of an Asian common toad

The skin of the Asian common toad is laced with a natural poison. This species is now spreading across the island of Madagascar. Predators are not likely to keep the invaders in check, a new study finds. Only one appears immune to the toad’s deadly toxin.

Benjamin Marshall

 Genetics
Toxic toads pose threat to Madagascar’s predators
Genetic study finds that nearly all predators would be vulnerable to the toad’s poison
ocean octopuses

Sixteen out of these 17 deep-sea octopuses are brooding young. However, young and old, all are fated to die.

Phill Torres, Geoff Wheat

 Animals
Deep-sea expedition led researchers to doomed octopus nursery
The good news: A healthy population of octopods may be nearby
venus flytrap and beetle
The notch-tipped flower longhorn beetle was one of the most common species found on Venus flytrap flowers.
C. SORENSON
 Plants
Venus flytraps tend not to eat their pollinators
Little overlap found among critters that serve as pollinator and prey
2017 editors' picks
What were our editors' top stories of 2017? Read on to find out.
Nancy Moulding/SNS
 From the Editor
Revisit 2017's most important stories
Here’s the year in review, focusing on the top 10 major stories
coconut crab
Coconut crabs, the world’s largest invertebrate found on land, have been caught attacking seabirds on remote islands in the Indian Ocean.
Janos/istockphoto
 Animals
Humongous land crab dines on remote-island seabirds
Their attacks may influence where certain birds can survive in one Indian Ocean archipelago
alligator eating nurse shark
This alligator was spotted eating a nurse shark in a wildlife refuge on Sanibel Island, Fla., in August 2003. The sighting helped to confirm that shark is part of some gators’ diets.
COURTESY OF U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE J.N. "DING" DARLING NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
 Animals
Alligators aren’t just freshwater animals
These reptiles have been caught in salty waters snacking on shark