What can conservationists learn from New Zealand’s official “spokesbird,” a YouTube celebrity who tries to mate with people’s heads?
A new study of the Hudson River estuary tracked spring migration of ocean fish by collecting water samples
Researchers have documented one of the first instances of social avoidance in a non-human animal
A new analysis of an ancient enigma offers clues as to how dino evolution unfolded
Ancient climate change may have spurred a revolution in ant agriculture, Smithsonian researchers find
<i>Body Worlds</i> taps into a long, fraught history of humans displaying the deceased for "science"
Why some conservationists are demolishing dams in the name of rivers and fish
Apes may be aware of the minds of others—yet another remarkable finding about the cognitive abilities of non-human animals
Naomi Weisstein fought against the idea of women as objects in both the fields of psychology and rock 'n roll
Smithsonian's cheetah conservation program welcomes the springtime births after careful planning
Humans isolate the rare cats with roads and fences—which can be as devastating as hunting them outright
The good news: Everyone likes dinosaurs
How advances in bottling, fermenting and taste-testing are democratizing a once-opaque liquid
Today, less than 1 percent of vanilla flavoring comes from the vanilla flower. Is that a good thing?
As an antidote to doom and gloom, a conference on Earth Day weekend, takes a look all the good that is being done
The tiniest of creatures keep the fabric of our world together, but are often overlooked
In the Jardines de la Reina, an archipelago in the southern part of Cuba, two species have managed to co-exist in not-quite-harmony
Early scientists wielded this revolutionary tool to study the invisible world of microbes, and even their own semen
Rock-bashing in otters is a very old behavior
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