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Devin Reese

Devin Reese is the executive editor of Natural History and a science writer based in Alexandria, Virginia.

This Dolphin Steals from Fish for Its Meals

Putting a dent in dolphins’ reputation as the “good guys of the sea”

September 19, 2026

Chimps Hand Down Tools Across Generations

Social learning boosts feeding success of young’uns

September 16, 2026

The Ancient Mammal That Changes Our Understanding of Dinosaur Origins

Tanzania’s Nyasasaurus may not have been the first dinosaur on Earth after all

September 16, 2026

Taylor Swift Drops New Insect Species

Thanks to a graduate student who is a “lifelong Swiftie”

September 14, 2026

The Giant Squids of the Jurassic Period

This belemnite swam in what used to be Wyoming seas

September 11, 2026

How Did Birds Outlive the Other Dinosaurs?

A preserved feather provides some essential clues

September 10, 2026

This Snake’s Tail Has a Fake “Spider” at the Tip

It’s meant to help lure prey

September 10, 2026

Elephants Think Before They Act

It’s a remarkable act of impulse control

September 9, 2026

The Hidden Power Struggle Between Lions and Hyenas

There’s a lot of role reversal happening here

September 9, 2026

Male Sex-Reversed Frogs Hold Their Own in Fertility Competitions

Sex reversal may not be an evolutionary dead end after all

September 8, 2026

What’s Creating These Mysterious Seafloor Hexagons?

We now know who is responsible for them, but why they’re doing it is still up for debate

September 7, 2026

The Extinct “American Cheetah” Wasn’t a Cheetah After All

And, unlike African cheetahs, it was a flexible carnivore

September 4, 2026