Plants & Animals

New technology could threaten tropical animals

Tiny Caribbean islands are his test tubes for studies of competition, invasive species, and adaptations

Artificial intelligence can distinguish individual birds for the first time, including in the wild

Find suggests crocodiles traveled through Africa to the Americas

Global study finds severe declines from overfishing, but also points to conservation successes

Newly sequenced genomes reveal the secrets of their “superstar” immune systems

Birds in Finland breed earlier in the year over a shorter period of time

Coconut palm threatens more species per ton of oil produced than any other crop, study says

GPS-equipped hunting dogs take a curious north-south jog, which seems to help them get their bearings

Rice variety that can outgrow rising water yielded discovery of new genes

Researchers hope slimmed-down ARRIVE 2.0 guidelines will improve experimental reporting

Multiple times, frogs evolved a way to better match leaf color

After years of isolation, former combatants are learning to inventory species and launch ecotourism businesses

Tiny flyers show a concept of "numerical order" rarely seen in the wild

Nearly three times as many stallions as mares found in archaeological sites

Migratory invertebrates move pollutant to the surface, where it accumulates in fish