Domesticated pigs had many dalliances with wild boars that added new genes to the pig population well after they had settled down on the farm -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The whales appear to prefer the company of "like-minded" individuals, based on common vocal clicking behavior—an example of culture, researchers say. Christopher Intagliata reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
These little planthopper nymphs appear to be the offspring of an ent and a tribble, or perhaps shaggy sheep having bad hair days. Sheep that leap. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Meet Homo naledi, the newest member of the human family. Its physical traits are weird, its circumstances are unique and its age is totally unknown -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
It’s a simple question, but as Nature Video describes it, getting the answer required 421,529 measurements from 50 countries on six continents -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Living on a small planet in a big universe exposes us to all manner of existential problems, but what are the worst, and what are the weirdest? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The identity of Earth's first flower has long vexed botanists. A new interpretation of an old fossil adds to the evidence that they may have come from the water. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com