Evolutionary Biology

Scientific whaling program judged unscientific

These 10 animals are just a few of the species to have been lost to extinction but still can be seen via old photographs

Hottier, drier weather is thought to be causing the amphibians to burn energy faster

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

So much for posting more on ratites - alas, I just haven't had time to finish the next article. Inspired by an article recently published by my friend and homeboy Brian Switek, I thought it time to republish this 2010 article.

Long dormant moss has been extracted from the Antarctic permafrost, thawed out and revived. Sophie Bushwick reports

 

The patterns on the insect's wings closely match those of nearby fossilized leaves from the same period

Based on humans' ability to discriminate between various close odors, researchers calculate that the average person can distinguish at least a trillion smells. Cynthia Graber reports

 

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the evidence that we are currently within a period of mass extinction, the kind of event that will show up in the fossil record a few million years from now as a clear discontinuity, a radical change in the diversity of life on the planet.

Unlike most snakes, the pythons appeared able to find their way home after being displaced by many miles

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