A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research
The debate over a carbon emissions tax heats up
The evolution of bold warning coloration in mammals
Scientists take to the seas to study the effects of Fukushima radiation on local marine life
A controversial 2008 climate study is retracted due to plagiarism
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.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Stanford University. Age: 41
Italian seismologists are accused of manslaughter after failing to predict an earthquake that killed 309 people near the Italian city of L'Aquila
The breakdown of landfill trash by microorganisms may cause significant harm to the environment through the release of methane
Whose well-being is threatened by our changing relationship with the myriad organisms that shaped the evolution of our species?