Evolution
What’s the point of exercise?
The science behind why you’re sweating away on a stationary bike.
Dr. Jane Goodall on her work with chimpanzees, and the new documentary ‘JANE’
Neanderthals went extinct, but many of us still carry around fragments of their DNA
Florida allows any resident to challenge textbooks — and it has some science supporters concerned
What the aye-aye and the woodpecker can tell us about how evolution works
A little lizard in Puerto Rico is adapting quickly to big-city life
The crested anole is undergoing some remarkable changes — and fast.
If other animals can regenerate their limbs, why can’t humans?
Modern fish and salamander genes tell us a lot about where our hands come from — and a little about why we can’t regrow them after a fight.
Museum of God
An amateur paleontologist in Texas doesn’t see any conflict between the fossil record and his religious faith.
The Art Instinct
Is taste in the arts just a social construction, or is it determined by evolution?
Darwin’s Life in Verse
Charles Darwin’s great-great-granddaughter Ruth Padel writes poetry inspired by the life and contradictions of her famous ancestor.
Decoding Nature's Most Elaborate Mating Dances
An ornithologist argues that our definition or art is way too narrow. It’s not just a human activity — lots of plants and animals have aesthetic preferences, too.
Scientists roll back evolution by turning a chick's beak into a 'dino-snout'
Scientists believe today's birds descended from dinosaurs. Paleontologists dig up new fossils every few months that confirm this theory. Now, there's a new piece of evidence from experiments with a chicken embryo.
Decoding Nature’s Most Elaborate Mating Dances
A Yale ornithologist argues that our definition or art is way too narrow. It’s not just a human activity — lots of plants and animals have aesthetic experiences, too.
Chimps can learn behavior from one another, a new study shows
The old line "monkey see, monkey do" isn't entirely accurate: chimps and apes in the wild have rarely been observed passing new behaviors from one to the other. But recently, for the first time, a researcher caught on film a group of chimps doing exactly that.