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Scientists have found that wild ravens make gestures, a feat even most primates can’t manage.

How do you explain homosexuality?

The new work supports Darwin’s original claim that all pigeon breeds descend from the rock pigeon.

Genome sequencing supports theory that all domestic breeds descend from wild rock dove.

Research in recent years has finally revealed the genius of dogs.

The symbiotic relationship between Obama and Christie and in nature.

Recent projects that exemplify an emerging revolution in how we interact with and understand a dynamic and complex planet.

What excites paleontologists just as much as finding a nice, old dinosaur skeleton? Finding a nice, old dinosaur dung heap, of course.

Drug-producing plants easier to spot with a knowledge of evolutionary history.

Darwin still had time to puzzle out a mystery that would continue to plague biologists for hundreds of years: how did such a large mammal get to an island so far out to sea? Even more perplexing: how did it become the only one that did?

How and why people join fraternities, sports teams, and companies. When I was invited to give an Authors@Google talk in 2012, I thought it made sense to talk about “hive psychology.” Google is a very hivish place – and I mean that in a good way.

Scientists explored new solutions from an unusual source: Darwin's theory of evolution.Education isn’t working well in America, despite billions of dollars and everyone’s best intentions. Not too long ago, scientists explored new solutions from an unusual source: Darwin’s theory of evolution.