Black-bulb yam’s mimicry tricks birds into spreading its berrylike clones. The plant's novel strategy helps it spread without ...

Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

A team of scientists based in Brazil recently reported that they discovered a new species of Tinamou in the mountains of the ...

When you think of birds, you might imagine wings flapping silently against a blue sky. The kākāpō, however, lacks these ...

First study of wild animals shows mercury and certain PFAS compounds alter how birds convert food into cellular energy, ...

In the spring of 2023, we returned to Península Valdés, a rugged coastal region in Argentine Patagonia, expecting to witness the familiar sights and ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

Lead shot has been banned for hunting waterfowl like ducks and geese in B.C. since 1995 and in Canada since 1997, something ...

Seeing a new kind of head ornament on a recent reproduction of the iconic Avukana Buddha statue, made me ponder how the ...

Each palm-size owl caught is a rush, not only because it is an encounter in the dark with pure wildness. Saw-whets are one of ...

Stealth has emerged as one of the most effective survival strategies in the natural world. By reducing detection rather than ...

Our ultimate goal is that grass carp are no longer established in the Great Lakes, and we still have a chance at making that ...