The weird and wonderful world of fish
A new book tells tales of the life aquatic
How to stop catfish from foisting their babies on you
Fish don’t have a reputation for smarts, but species that co-evolved with catfish know to avoid them
Tracking the history – and future – of the world's largest penguin breeding colony
Climate change is upending migration patterns that predate Cleopatra
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Four facts about Jane Goodall, primatologist, anthropologist, and activist
Her unorthodox research showed us that chimpanzees are far more human than we thought
Meet Vera Rubin, the stargazer who predicted dark matter
From childhood, she preferred 'to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep'
Life on the savannah is a duel between agility and strength
Survival of the fittest evolves in the genes
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Chameleons do more than change color – their bones glow in the dark
Famous for camouflage, their visual communication turns out to run even deeper
Humans appear to be worse for animals than radioactive fallout
Chernobyl's nuclear disaster reveals the unpredictability of evolution
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Life is evolving through a hurricane of human pollution
Animals are adapting to pollutants in surprising and often costly ways
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When you smell the roses, do they smell you back?
Scientists have found that plants like Canada goldenrod deploy defenses against insects on scent
Goldfish can survive without oxygen for months by basically getting drunk
"It's bizarre to see this kind of enzyme in anything with a face"
Why the first vertebrates to leave the ocean learned to see before they could walk
Advanced eyesight might have paved the way for better brains and complex thought