Zoology

A legacy of the most hated bird in America

What you think you know depends on how you look

Divers find hundreds of normally solitary electric rays snuggled together

Some wild fish may recognize individual humans in the sea

What a superpower sense tells us about evolutionary creativity

New evidence suggests their unique gaits have a complex pedigree

The loss of whales has weakened the longest food chain on the planet

The biggest predator ever to have lived was a skinny beast

Prizewinning image shows a leafy seadragon expertly camouflaged in seagrass

Biologist Jaap de Roode on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves

What we can learn from alligators that lure birds with twigs

A group of ants beats a group of humans at problem solving