Stories by Robert M. May

Computer experiments show how cooperation rather than exploitation can dominate in the Darwinian struggle for survival

The sad truth is that no one knows. The answer is relevant to efforts to conserve biological diversity and could illuminate crucial questions about evolution and management of the environment

Mathematical models help to reveal how the AIDS virus infects individuals and communities. They sometimes produce results that upset simple intuition

The changing populations of whales and other animals that feed on the knll of the Southern Ocean are an example of the problem of utilizing a biological resource without extinguishing species

The coevolution of species within ecosystems gives rise to interesting patterns in the total number of species found in a given area, in their relative abundances and in the overall structure of the local food web