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culture, evolution

Book Excerpt from Pathological Altruism
Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, and Michael McGrath | Jan 31, 2012 | 3 min read
In Chapter 1, editors Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, and Michael McGrath introduce the concept of well-intentioned behaviors that go awry.
Capsule Reviews
Richard P. Grant | Jan 1, 2012 | 4 min read
Our Dying Planet, Here Be Dragons, Rat Island, Harnessed
Anthropomorphism: A Peculiar Institution
Marlene Zuk | Jan 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Should we rethink the parallel drawn between “slave-making” ants and human slavery, and other such oversimplifications of animal behavior?
Darwin Didn't Plagiarize Wallace
Bob Grant | Dec 13, 2011 | 1 min read
19th century shipping records defy the claim that Charles Darwin stole some of Alfred Russel Wallace's ideas to craft his theory of evolution.
Top 7 in Ecology
Bob Grant | Dec 6, 2011 | 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in ecology, from Faculty of 1000
Pioneers Make More Babies
Jef Akst | Nov 7, 2011 | 1 min read
Women of the French families that colonized Canada in the 17th and 18th centuries had more children and grandchildren than late comers to the region.
What Price Kindness?
Oren Harman | Sep 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Exposing the life and work of a visionary and troubled scientist opens a window onto the evolution of altruism.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Aug 1, 2011 | 3 min read
First Life, Radioactivity, Brain Bugs, Life of Earth
An Unlichenly Pair
Hannah Waters | Aug 1, 2011 | 3 min read
A young botanist pays tribute to his mentor by naming a newly discovered, rare species in his honor.
Book excerpt from The Wild Life of Our Bodies
Rob Dunn | Jun 4, 2011 | 7 min read
In Chapter 9, "We Were Hunted, Which is Why All of Us are Afraid Some of the Time and Some of Us are Afraid All of the Time," author Rob Dunn explains how predators shaped our evolution as we cowered and ran from their ravenous maws.
The Gravity of Life
Rob Dunn | Jun 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Whose well-being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?
2010's best new species
Bob Grant | May 26, 2011 | 1 min read
This Monday (May 23), which happens to be the birthday of famed naturalist and species namer extraordinaire Carolus Linnaeus, researchers at Arizona State University listed their picks of the top 10 newly-described species of 2010. 
Speaking of Science
Not cited | Jan 31, 2011 | 2 min read
February 2011's selection of notable quotes
Appealing Choice
Erika Lorraine Milam | Jan 1, 2011 | 3 min read
A book is born from pondering why sexual selection was, for so long, a minor component of evolutionary biology.
Book Excerpt from Looking for a Few Good Males
Erika Lorraine Milam | Dec 31, 2010 | 10+ min read
In Chapter 2, "Progressive Desire," author Erika Lorraine Milam explores sexual selection’s incursion into evolutionary theory.
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