Remember playing "The Oregon Trail" computer game in middle school? As a pioneer leading your family westward in a covered wagon, you hunted virtual deer, rabbits and bison--but not too many. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
There are lots of reasons for liking wildebeest… or gnus. For me, the main one comes from the fact that they are insanely flamboyant in appearance. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Nerds have a particular fascination for the Cthulhu mythos of horror novelist and all-around-weird-guy H. P. Lovecraft. In Lovecraft’s stories, Cthulhu was a tentacle-faced titanic god-monster... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We now have solid evidence that elephants are some of the most intelligent, social and empathic animals around—so how can we justify keeping them in captivity? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We now have solid evidence that elephants are some of the most intelligent, social and empathic animals around—so how can we justify keeping them in captivity? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Functional MRI brain scans show that man and man's best friend use analogous brain regions to process vocalizations of both their own and the other species. Sophie Bushwick reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Functional MRI brain scans show that man and man's best friend use analogous brain regions to process vocalizations of both their own and the other species. Sophie Bushwick reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The site however raises further questions about how the stones were transported from their source to what is now the monument -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Madagascar’s 101 lemur species are “the most threatened mammal group on Earth,” according to a new policy paper published last week in Science. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A momentous thing is about to happen. Take a deep breath and prepare yourself. Today is the day when… I finish my series of articles on the crocodiles of the world. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com