Biodiversity

Ecologist Simon Levin discusses his work, including the study of how cooperation is achieved in slime molds, bacterial films and small societies in nature

Cuckoos are known as nature's interlopers, infiltrating other birds' nests and hogging their food. The truth is a bit more complicated

Researchers protest that British Columbia's hunting quotas are not based on science

Australia has a long history of poisoning its dingoes (Canis lupus dingo), which have an unfair reputation of preying on sheep and other livestock.

A U.S.-Mexico agreement is paving the way for a rare environmental test

The first bird being considered for endangered species protections due to climate change migrates 30,000 kilometers a year

African elephants can distinguish human languages, genders and ages associated with danger.

Researchers' stick-to-it-iveness, along with advice from a manicurist lead to radio tags that tracked baby loggerheads across the Atlantic without hindering them

The discovery of the largest virus yet, still infectious, hints at the viral diversity trapped in permafrost

Excessive handling of sharks, including riding, worries scientists and scuba-diving businesses

Despite decades of research decoding the influenza virus—and great advances in treating and vaccinating against the disease—this infectious pathogen continues both to surprise and confound us

A researcher describes how his mathematical model based on heat diffusion reveals the critical role played by large animals in dispersing nutrients