Zoology

A winning image shows stag beetles in an epic fight for a mate

But their toxic compounds could yield useful medicines

Some birds may use songs to help each other migrate

The slender-billed curlew as an illustrated case study

Some of them seem to be repeat offenders

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.