In the waters off the northern coast of New Zealand swims a group of one of the world's most poorly understood cetaceans. Named for their resemblance to their better-known cousins, false killer... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Captive Grassland earless dragon climbing in tussock; image by Tony Gamble, used with permission. Today: LIZARDS. Even better: obscure Australian agamids, or dragon lizards, or dragons, if you... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Volcanoes on the East Coast of North America are more recent than you think—and they may be why the region still suffers relatively large earthquakes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Mole Hill in Virginia became a mountain is an old story, but not as old as some geologists think. The reason for that has to do with volcanoes--and may help explain why the U.S. East Coast, so... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Still from the movie G.B.F (2013, "Gay Best Friend") Not every gay man has a female best friend, nor does every straight woman have a gay man as her most trusted confidant. But according to a... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Image courtesy of Flickr/Photomatt28 Along with us humans, a range of hungry hunters prey on the scrumptious octopus . [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Bank vole, aka Red vole, Wood vole or Red-backed vole. Image by soebe, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You’ll already know what voles are.... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Sahelanthropus tchadensis had a tiny brain, but one that had nonetheless undergone some reorganization toward the human condition. Image: Didier Descouens, via Wikimedia Commons Wow. I’ve... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Judith Lumley AM, Professor Emeritus, in 2008 It began, as life changes often do, when I bought a book. It was in Sydney and I wrote the year in it: 1982. [More] -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com