Jurassic butterflies disappeared a full 45 million years before the first caterpillar decided to grow up and become a beautiful butterfly—again -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Kenneth Catania of Vanderbilt University talks to Cynthia Graber about electric eel research that led him to accept 19th-century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt's account of electric eels attacking... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Social spiders in artificially assembled groups of all bold or all shy members fared less well against predators than a group with some shy and some bold members. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In the first known example of a mutualistic relationship between two mammal species in which neither is a primate, mongooses feast on ticks and other parasites infesting warthogs. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A lizard's stripes may make them look like they’re moving slower than they really are, confusing predators that tend to aim at the head but may wind up with the tail. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com