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'It's nature calling to humans, and humans deciding whether or not to reply': Why we need to start paying attention to our mutually beneficial relationships with other species -
'Parasites of human societies': How did we end up so close to cats?28 Comments -
'Their greatest challenge since they stared down the asteroid': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are facing their biggest existential threat since the dino-killing asteroid3 Comments
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Giant 'cow of the Cretaceous' discovered almost 100 years ago identified as new duck-billed dinosaurThe dino lived during the Late Cretaceous alongside other hadrosaurids in present-day New Mexico.
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Why can't you wiggle your toes one at a time?A biological anthropologist explains why humans can't wiggle their toes in the same way they can wiggle their fingers.
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Did reintroducing Wolves to Yellowstone really cause an ecological cascade?Previous research on the effect of wolves on the food web has been criticized, raising questions about the predator’s role in the Yellowstone ecosystem.
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Orcas are adopting terrifying new behaviors. Are they getting smarter?From sinking boats and feasting on shark livers to dining on whale tongue and tossing porpoises around for fun, orcas are displaying some fascinating — and sometimes terrifying — behaviors.
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Primates Quiz: Go ape and test your knowledge on our closest relativesTime to stop monkeying around — just don't go bananas if you get the wrong answer!
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Science history: Dian Fossey found murdered, after decades protecting gorillas that she loved — Dec. 27, 1985Dian Fossey was a zoologist who spent decades studying the elusive mountain gorillas of Congo and Rwanda before she was murdered.
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Spinosaurus relative longer than a pickup truck stalked Thailand's rivers 125 million years agoA large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ancient predator are helping researchers better understand Asia's enigmatic spinosaurids.
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Flat-headed cat not seen in Thailand for almost 30 years is rediscoveredConservationists are celebrating the rediscovery of flat-headed cats in Thailand after camera traps recorded the endangered feline for the first time in almost 30 years.
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Last of its kind dodo relative spotted in a remote Samoan rainforestThe manumea, a critically endangered ground pigeon and one of the closest living dodo relatives, has been spotted multiple times in a remote Samoan rainforest.
