Orcas can imitate calls from other whales and even human speech—suggesting they can transmit cultural practices, such as unique dialects. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The brain areas that control vocal learning in birds are strikingly similar to language regions in the human brain -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
During feel-good holiday periods like Christmas and Eid-al-Fitr, romance strikes—leading to a boom in births nine months later. Karen Hopkin reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Darwin thought evolution was too slow to change the environment on observable timescales—ecologists are discovering that he was wrong -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Areas of Kenya without large wildlife saw tick populations rise as much as 370 percent—meaning more danger to humans. Jason G. Goldman reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com