Zoology

What rove beetles can tell us about the predictability of life

Making a Shazam for conservationists

Taking responsibility for another’s young reveals the deep evolutionary roots of care.

A warming climate may cause more bird couples to break up.

Bowerbirds arrange flowers, dung, and shotgun shells to create elaborate love shacks.

A winning photograph shows a wasp that has parasitized an egg.

A new way to deter Jaws.

A winning photograph of octopus eggs reveals early organs of camouflage.

Was the Fat Catfish ever really there at all?

What Carl Linneaus can teach us about animal appetites.

Fewer male sea turtles are being born. What does that mean for the future?

What we can learn about growing old from a tiny aquatic monster.