New discoveries show that fishes are capable of complex mental calculus, reshaping our ideas about animal intelligence underwater -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How drying forests and lightning may have turned fire from a primal threat into a life-sustaining object of reverence -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Shy sticklebacks were more likely to emerge from under cover when an equally wary fellow was already out there, rather than when a bold individual was present. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A University of Toronto paleontologist suggests the predator's teeth were hidden behind scaly skin when not on the hunt -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Dogs may have been domesticated from wolves twice, first in Europe, and again in Asia. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com