German dog learneh through fast mapping, much the same way children learn words. So why don’t other dogs have such a good vocabulary?

Like a chamberful of pork-barreling legislators, cicadas are on the wing in Washington, D.C. Voracious. Unstoppable. A force of nature: 17-year cicadas are back!

Spiders stick to surfaces with tiny hairs, using van der Waals forces. Small critters use small forces to big advantage.

Old museum collection sheds light on vanishing land snails of Polynesia.

New tracking systems watch long-distance migrants move across the ocean. Follow whales, turtles and albatrosses across the watery planet.

How does the brain change when we remember or learn? Why babies don’t remember their first year of life? What exactly is a memory?

Rock climbing may be harming snail populations along the Niagara Escarpment.

Stanford researchers learn that fast-moving elephants are running, not walking.

What makes a bad boss? Do hostile staring, yelling, intimidating, threats of job loss, and public humiliation sound familiar? Do these tactics actually work?

What do family routines and rituals contribute to mental and physical health?