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 ...

Same-sex sexual behaviour has been recorded in around 1,500 species, from insects and starfish to birds and mammals. Yet sex ...

Common pollutants are disrupting energy production at the cellular level in wild seabirds, potentially affecting fitness, new ...

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

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

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

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

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

A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones ...

Humans like plants. We like seeing them change the colour of their leaves throughout the year. They connect us to nature even if we live in a big ...

Researchers study house sparrow genetics to understand survival, evolution, and how species respond to environmental change.