A young boy named Max runs away from his mother and sails to an island full of frightening-looking creatures.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

As I watched the fierce-looking creatures, I failed to hear twenty full-grown Martians coming from behind me.

VOA: special.2011.07.16

The eggs are opening. Out come small, fierce-looking green creatures.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

By looking at which creatures flourish in their mesocosms, Ulf Riebesell of the Leibniz Institute for Marine Studies in Kiel and his colleagues hope to see changes as they take place by keeping an eye on the water chemistry and nutrient levels.

ECONOMIST: Ocean acidification

Instead of looking at how computers can mimic creatures, he wants to build computers from biological components.

ECONOMIST: Computing and biology: Arresting developments | The