The Bryde's whale has come up with a passive but more efficient feeding strategy in the hypoxic waters of the Gulf of Thailand. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A new theory says it’s due to the first sexual conflict, which happens when the evolutionary interests of males and females do not coincide -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In a sample of 98 woolly mammoth remains, researchers found that 70 percent were male—which suggests males were more likely to die accidentally. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
An isolated group of orangutans in Sumatra is the first new great ape species described since the 1920s, and could be the most critically endangered. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The wood tiger moth is the first species known in which fluids from various parts of the moth’s body each target a different type of predator. Jason Goldman reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com