Life
- Brain
Nice Chimps
Like people, chimpanzees (and babies) seem to help each other out, just because it feels good to be generous.
By Emily Sohn - Fossils
A big, weird dino
A newly discovered genus of feathered dinosaurs was surprisingly huge and heavy for its shape.
By Emily Sohn -
- Animals
Koalas, up close and personal
By learning more about koalas, people may help save the animals from an uncertain future.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Pothole repair, insect-style
Army ants forced to travel on a narrow wooden strip throw themselves into holes and allow fellow travelers to race over them.
By Emily Sohn -
BrainBaby Talk
Some infants can tell the difference between two languages just by looking at the speaker's face.
By Emily Sohn - Animals
Life on the Down Low
The first scientific survey of organisms in the deep waters off Antarctica has discovered lots of life.
By J. L. Pegg - Animals
Little beetle, big horns
Why do dung beetles have horns? Biologists sniff out some answers.
By Roberta Kwok - Plants
The Book of Life
Work has begun on a Web site called the Encyclopedia of Life, which aims to catalog every species on Earth.
By Emily Sohn - Brain
Talking with Hands
Studies of chimpanzees suggest that our ancestors may have "talked" to each other using hand gestures before they learned to speak.
By Emily Sohn - Fossils
A Living Fossil
Scientists have discovered that an Asian rodent belongs to a family of animals that had been thought to be extinct.
By J. L. Pegg - Animals
Big squid
Florida fishermen recently hauled in a squid that's like no other ever found in the Atlantic Ocean.
By Emily Sohn