The Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) is the rarest fish in the world. Found only in a single, tiny limestone cavern in the Devils Hole geothermal pool about 100 km east of Nevada’s... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
For the first time in the history of our species, we are never alone and never bored. Have we lost something fundamental about being human? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The capacity to engage in shared tasks such as hunting large game and building cities may be what separated modern humans from our primate cousins -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
By Peroshni Govender KRUGER NATIONAL PARK South Africa (Reuters) - Rhino poachers in South Africa now risk giving themselves away when they shoot thanks to a high-tech, gunfire-detection system being... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Genome of the robusta variety reveals that caffeine-making evolved more than once, in part because pollinators developed a caffeine habit -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Promiscuity, polygamy, monogamy—over the course of millions of years, humans and their primate relatives have tried nearly every possible mating arrangement -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com