What looks like a plant’s failed fruit may actually be a clever deal that lets both the plant and its pollinating beetles ...
New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts.
A close-up shot of a male Sierran treefrog.
Discover why tiny Amazon insects are so vulnerable to heat and what their decline could mean for forests, wildlife, and people.
A bearded vulture chick hatches in the wild in Spain after more than 100 years of absence, giving hope to conservation ...
Winged ants aren’t random pests. Discover why over 1,000 US species take flight, form super colonies, and how to stop them for good.
Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate ...
It was a similar story with plant life: crops selected for greater production (wheat and barley were two of the first) were often in proximity to their wild relatives and exchanged genes. This entry ...
Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.
Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.
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