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Animals, including us, evolved to bluster and bluff at their peril.

As arable land disappears, a genetic tweak might secure the world’s food supply.

They look like scientific papers. But they’re distorting and killing science.

“Did you like the grenade I tossed in their midst?” the biologist asked me.

In her bedroom during WWII, she discovered how the nervous system is wired.

Roger Payne sparked the anti-whaling movement. He’s not done yet.

Craig Foster reflects on a relationship that changed his connection to the natural world.

What the scientist who has studied the iconic sea creature for 45 years now sees.

The fig is an ecological marvel. Although you may never want to eat one again.

It’s time to retire the hierarchical classification of living things.