There's a partridge in a pear tree, two turtledoves, three French hens, four calling birds, six geese, and seven swans. Or so go the lyrics to the 12 days of Christmas. But on December 14, the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
These small, aggressive crocodiles once dominated their habitats. That is no longer the case. Species name: Cuban crocodile ( Crocodylus rhombifer ) [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A letter published in Nature on November 13, 1913, shows that a strong strand of skepticism ran parallel with the widespread credulity in the fraudulent fossil that had been supposedly... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Three moa species (Pachyornis elephantopus, Dinornis giganteus and Anomalopteryx didiformis) with the divaricating plant Myrsine divaricata in the background. Did browsing pressure from moa result in... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Artist's reconstruction of duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus regalis with a cocks comb. Image: Artwork by Julius Csotonyi. Copyright Bell, Fanti, Currie, Arbour. Current Biology 2013. Thanks... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A lizard captures oxygen from air both when inhaling and exhaling--a feat normally associated with birds. Many scientists believe birds developed the adaptation to cope with the enormous requirements... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Oh what a difference a few years makes. Just four years ago, the rare California shrub known as the Indian Knob mountain balm ( Eriodictyon altissimum ) was poised to drop off the endangered species... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A variant of a fungus that rots and kills the main variety of export banana has been found in plantations in Mozambique and Jordan, raising fears that it could spread to major producers and decimate... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com