Rising global temperatures are changing the rules for survival—and reproduction—for many species. A new study from Saint ...

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 125, No. 4 (December 2013), pp. 800-808 (9 pages) Results are reported from a citizen-science program to study the ecology, behavior, and reproduction of an ...

Snakeheads are illegal in many regions due to their aggressive behavior and ability to devastate local ecosystems. Scientists ...

For many nocturnal moths, hearing sound waves is a matter of survival in the night sky. Their ability to detect ultrasonic ...

Based on a molecular neuroendocrine theory about cold environments, thyroid hormone levels, and liganded thyroid hormone receptor interference with estrogen receptor function, experiments were ...

For the first time, scientists have captured video evidence of what appears to be blue shark mating behavior off the Basque ...

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso. BIRDS copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Nada Kramar Endowment Income Fund. Contents Avian primordial ...

An international research team has used high tech methods to uncover a mechanism through which the right combination of bacteria in the gut can lead to microbiome resilience to dietary alterations, ...

Ross Sea killer whales from the Antarctic are distinguished by their narrow angled eye patch. The smallest of the three Antarctic types, these orcas eat fish that are found primarily under the ice ...

Observations of a wild colony of macaques over three years show same-sex sexual behavior among males is widespread and may be beneficial. The results, published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, ...