Aegean wall lizards are the first wild animals to be observed explicitly choosing the best background for their particular coloration to disappear into. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
About 47,000 years ago, newcomer humans to Australia helped to wipe out an enormous flightless bird by collecting and cooking its eggs. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Bears’ gut summer bacteria are more diverse and include species that tend to promote energy storage than are the bacteria that live in them during their hibernation. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A new review paper emphasizes the crucial role birds play in helping trees colonize new habitats—especially in the face of a changing climate. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The newly discovered Himalayan forest thrush looks a great deal like the alpine thrush, but its far silkier song stylings gave it away as a potential new species. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Although scientists have intensively studied household pests, almost nothing has been done to survey everyone else—and everyone else turns out to be the silent majority -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com