The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
Symbiotic fungi on the roots of bean plants can act as an underground signaling network, transmitting early warnings of impending aphid attacks.
The decline of a population of Arctic foxes isolated on a small Russian island may be due to mercury pollution from their diet of seabirds and seals.
The Bonobo and the Atheist, The Philadelphia Chromosome, Lone Survivors, and Paleofantasy
Researchers in the Amazon are measuring how much carbon dioxide fertilizes the rainforest.
Hot topics from the AACR meeting; the ongoing debate about pesticides’ effects on bees; a treasure trove of baby dinos; conservation on social media
Fossilized skeletal remains of the hominid Australopithecus sediba add to the puzzle of human evolution.
Female preference may have driven the evolution of human males’ relatively large genitalia.
Scientists are stumped as to why hundreds of starved pups have been washing up on the California shore.
In Chapter 3, “Tamping the Simian Urge,” author Travis Rayne Pickering contrasts the brute physicality of predatory chimpanzees with the headier hunting style employed by humans.