In the Himalayan forests, the satyr tragopan performs one of the bird world’s most dramatic courtship displays.

Spiders are often treated as simple ambush predators, reacting only to what touches a web or wanders too close. Research over ...

Warnings that humanity is heading toward its own disappearance have shifted from the fringes of science fiction into mainstream research and public debate. Instead of vague prophecies, scientists now ...

Something extraordinary happened near the end of the last Ice Age, when mammoths still roamed and early hunter gatherers were ...

A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

Because animals have a limited capability of understanding human language, they cannot “read” the way humans do.

The new MiCO map helps scientists, conservationists, and policymakers quickly see global migration patterns for 109 species.

Octopus and other cephalopods are good at hiding themselves—and are inspiring cutting-edge technologies that may help us do ...