Two studies published in the latest issue of Science have revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex ...

However, genetic and morphological studies have recently found that the king cobra is not a single species but rather a complex of four species and change the rankings of the world's longest venomous ...

In tropical forests, endangered species inside protected habitats are still in danger from threats from beyond their ...

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University has investigated how similar ...

Given the diversity of social taxa, why do some species form complex societies, while other closely related species do not? Within these societies, why do some individuals attempt to reproduce ...

Deep below the surface of a river in northern Brazil, a “shy” creature tucked its “armored” body into a rocky crevice. Divers ...

Harmful algal blooms, sometimes called HABs, occur when algae grow out of control. Algae are photosynthetic organisms that ...

They are as distinct as though they were two separate species. Yet the entire complex of populations belongs to a single taxonomic species, Ensatina escholtzii. Ring species, says biologist David ...

The pallium is the brain region where the neocortex forms in mammals, the part responsible for cognitive and complex functions that most distinguishes humans from other species. The pallium has tradit ...