Evolution

Mating is risky business for black widow males—so they hitchhike on the silk threads left by competitors to more quickly find a mate. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Conventional wisdom holds that the ability to assess a rival's fighting ability is universal in the animal kingdom. Recent research has shown otherwise

Principles of evolution and natural selection drive a radical new approach to drugs and prevention strategies

A never before seen collection of structures in the birds’ retinas may help them track speedy prey

A fossil found in China reveals a Cretaceous amphibian’s last meal

A special site in the Gobi Desert preserves rare evidence of a dinosaur nesting ground

Computer modeling revealed that insects with a celestial compass can likely determine direction down to just a couple degrees of error. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

A collection of tiny skull bones offers new insights to the early life of Edmontosaurus

The egg-bound developing animals are more attuned to the outside world than previously thought

Researchers dissected the jaws of ants infected with the Ophiocordyceps fungus to determine how the fungus hijacks the ants' behavior. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

The fossils provide the first clear example of group nesting activities in dinosaurs

Our consciousness gets in the way of thinking about evolution