The intersection between water, air, and insects’ intricately decorated surfaces turn out to be the key to explain why droplets bounce so quickly off of them.

An isotopic analysis of eggshell beads dating back more than 30,000 years indicates that they helped build networks that stretched for hundreds of kilometers.

Species that come up with new ways to find food may be more likely to survive in habitats disturbed by agriculture and other human activities.

A Game of Cancer and Evolution

In the prologue to the book, author Neil Shubin sets the stage for discussing the iterative repurposing that marks several transformational developments throughout evolution.

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases picked up new protein domains that participate in vasculature formation around the same time that organisms evolved key adaptations in the circulatory system.

Meet some of the people featured in the June 2020 issue of The Scientist.

An undergraduate research project finds the animals are tuned in to reassuring information from other species.

Researchers use advanced imaging techniques to see what happens when a male and a female mate.