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Austral and Adorable: Penguins in All Their Weird Glory [Slide Show]

Austral and Adorable: Penguins in All Their Weird Glory [Slide Show]

How Do Animals Become Zombies? Instant Egghead [Video]

Scientific American explains how animals--and possibly humans--can become real-life zombies

Leopard Seals Suck Up Dinner

Like whales, this Antarctic predator can strain small prey from the water with sievelike teeth

Zombie Science

How parasites turn animals into "zombies"--and why we are so fascinated with these creatures

"Penis Worm" Shakes Evolutionary Tree

The largest animal group might need revising after priapulid worm discovery

The BuZZZ: Sleepy Honeybees Have Harder Time Recalling Recent Experiences

A new study shows slumber-deprived bees take longer to consolidate new memories

Female Trouble: For Komodo Dragons, Rife Inequalities between the Sexes [Slide Show]

New research reveals female Komodo dragons live half as long as males, most likely due to their extreme maternal duties, such as fighting off cannibalistic males—a scenario that, when coupled with anthropogenic threats, has implications for the species's survival...

Female Trouble: For Komodo Dragons, Rife Inequalities between the Sexes [Slide Show]

New research reveals female Komodo dragons live half as long as males, most likely due to their extreme maternal duties, such as fighting off cannibalistic males—a scenario that, when coupled with anthropogenic threats, has implications for the species's survival...

Gene Genesis: Scientists Observe New Genes Evolving from Mutated Copies

Researchers have observed in an experiment the exact steps bacterial genes take to evolve a new ability, unexpectedly adding a new twist on an old model

Endangered Tattoos: Volunteers Get Inked to Help Save Species [Slide Show]

Mammals, plants, even fungi are emblazoned on humans who fight for their emblem’s survival

Endangered Tattoos: Volunteers Get Inked to Help Save Species [Slide Show]

Mammals, plants, even fungi are emblazoned on humans who fight for their emblem’s survival

Seasonal Science: What Lurks in the Leaf Litter?

An autumnal activity from CityScience

Badger Battle Erupts in England

A plan to cull TB-carrying badgers is splitting farmers, conservationists and scientists

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors, which are the portals by which information about the environment reaches the interior of cells and leads to their responses...

Zooniverse Seafloor Explorer

Identify species and ground cover in images of the seafloor, and help create a library of seafloor life in the habitats along the northeast continental shelf

Marine Plant Flees Predators

The phytoplankton Heterosigma akashiwo swims away from zooplankton, its natural predator, but stays put in the presence of other predators without a specific taste for it. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports...

Ecosystems on the Brink

To keep jellyfish, fungi and other creatures from overtaking healthy habitats, scientists are exploring food webs and tipping points

African Great Ape Habitat Underwent Massive Shrinkage Since 1990s

A continent-wide survey combined GIS, remote-sending and ape population data on a large scale to show that gorilla habitats have shrunk for many gorilla subspecies

Becoming Human

Human history and evolution