EvolutionMarch 11, 2020
Smallest Known Dinosaur Found in Amber
A bird skull from Myanmar hints at a lost world of tiny fossils that are waiting to be unearthed
Evolution
BehaviorMarch 5, 2020
Three Fourths of Dogs Are Angst-Ridden—and Owners May Be Partly to Blame
Overly cautious humans and genetics may contribute to behavior problems in a survey of 13,700 Finnish animals
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CultureMarch 1, 2020
Is This Indonesian Cave Painting the Earliest Portrayal of a Mythical Story?
Archaeologists have dated figurative rock art from Sulawesi to at least 43,900 years ago
OpinionMarch 1, 2020
My Own Personal Extinction
At the end of her time at Scientific American, Riley Black reflects on the history of Laelaps
OpinionFebruary 29, 2020
Saber-Toothed Protomammal was a Quick Healer
An injury on an ancient bone hints that a saber-toothed carnivore healed fast for its time
OpinionFebruary 29, 2020
Some Dinosaurs Regurgitated Pellets Just like Birds
Small, feathery dinosaurs jettisoned indigestible food just like some modern birds do
EvolutionFebruary 28, 2020
The Noninevitability of Life
In a vast game of chance and competition, things can get ugly
EvolutionFebruary 28, 2020
Ability to Take on Diverse Roles May Be Key to Which Animals Survive Mass Extinction
An analysis spanning geologic history found that species able to occupy different ecological niches have a survival edge
EvolutionFebruary 14, 2020
Barbarians Worshipped Meteorites in Pagan Temple
Originally published in September 1899
EvolutionFebruary 13, 2020
Kirk, Spock and Darwin
Duke University evolutionary biologist Mohamed A. F. Noor talks about his book Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds.
CognitionFebruary 11, 2020
Feral Dogs Respond to Human Hand Cues
Most feral dogs that did not run away from humans were able to respond to hand cues about the location of food—even without training.
EvolutionFebruary 11, 2020
Footprint Find Could Be a “Holy Grail” of Pterosaur Research
How early pterosaurs walked on the ground has been a complete mystery. Now the first known trackways of their footprints offer answers