Source: Ragnhild and Neil Crawford, via Wikimedia Commons. The Kalahari region of southern Africa is home to a sparrow-sized bird called the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius). These birds might be ...

Source: Bengt Nyman via Wikimedia Commons. A new study of seagull families shows that baby bird embryos eavesdrop on conversations between their parents, from inside the egg. Moreover, researchers ...

The gut contents of a fossilized dinosaur, with evidence of leaves. Credit: Stephen Poropat While there are a lot of dinosaur fossils, and a lot of plant fossils, the precise connection between the ...

A long-billed curlew flies over the Great Plains. New research suggests the birds react to danger more quickly when they hear prairie dog alarm calls. Andy Boyce, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Why did the ornithologist strap a taxidermy badger to a remote controlled car and drive it around the prairie? To interrogate the secret world of... Why eavesdropping on prairie dogs pays off for this ...

WASHINGTON — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie dogs ...