Happy to be dinner

A herb found in northern Arizona grows better after being eaten by deer

Food fighters

Why do siblings fight with each other? A look at the science behind this universally common behaviour

Killing bites

Live kills

Alarming nets

An acoustic alarm called pinger could detract innocent porpoises that get trapped in fishing nets

Sharing the blame

The discovery of the role played by pre-historic people in the extinction of several species of animals and birds gives the subject of …

A fight to finish

Researchers have cracked the mystery behind parental aloofness among egrets as their elder offspring bloodily snuff the life out of their youngest

Different strokes

Green clean

Cease peace

Of pug-marks and prowls

A recent study on the notion of territoriality among tigers reveals that females are more home-bound than the males

Water-borne

Calling for company

Among amphibians, vocal signals help distinguish between the different species and serve as tools for sexual selection. Recent studies …

Doing it right

Single track

Chew and spew

The fact that methane is crucially responsible in heating up the earth's atmosphere is well established, but the lesser-known truth is that the …

Resurrecting the dead

The discovery of the Riwoche horses in a remote area tucked away in the mountains of Tibet is being viewed as the missing block in the equine …

Beauty with a purpose

Mercurial exhalations

Cruising reptiles

Mussel-bound

Blazing bison

Whales under threat

Foes forever

Battle lines between the insects and flowers date back to nearly 100 million years

Conservation pays

Preserving all forms of life holds for a more promising eco-future