Zoology
The Tricky Problem with Other Minds
How our mental states overlap with and diverge from those of other species.
It Takes a Village to Raise a Meerkat
What the rare cooperative species tells us about ourselves.
We Need Insects More Than They Need Us
Inside the world of plastic-eating worms, dung-rolling beetles, and agricultural ants..
Elucidating Cuttlefish Camouflage
Research sheds light on the control and development of skin patterning in cuttlefish.
Hitler and the Naming of the Shrew
When zoologists tried to change the words for bat and shrew, the Führer was not amused.
Complex Animals Led to More Oxygen, Says Maverick Theory
that new animal behaviors raised oxygen levels and remade the environment.
