As a teenager, Chet Sherwood, a biological anthropologist at George Washington University, did not know he was destined to become a scientist. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Scientists knew neochrome was odd before they started rooting around in its family tree. A union of independent proteins — red-sensing phytochrome and blue-sensing phototropin — the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The fork-tailed drongo can mimic the alarm calls of dozens of other species of animals, including nonbirds, to drive them off and steal their food. Cynthia Graber reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
I photograph birds a lot - something that's more possible than it was before due to the fact that I now own a half-decent camera (thank you, parents). -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
David Quammen, according to his website is ”an author and journalist whose twelve books include The Song of the Dodo, The Reluctant Mr. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Imagine that you walk into a room, where three people are sitting, facing you. Their faces are oriented towards you, but all three of them have their eyes directed towards the left side of the room. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In many animals, males give females a gift in the hope of getting to mate with her. This might sound overly simplistic, but this really can be how it happens. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com