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Erich Jarvis dreamed of becoming a ballet star. Now the scientist’s studies of how birds learn to sing are forging a new understanding of the human brain
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35 Who Made a Difference: Edward O. Wilson
Vindicated for his controversial sociobiology? Yes. Satisfied? Not yet
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35 Who Made a Difference: Robert Langridge
His quest to peer into the essence of life no longer seems so strange
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Fireflies’ come-hither signals are being decoded by penlight-wielding biologists who’ve found treachery, also, in the summer-night flashes
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Are you a superstar? Just stick out your tongue and say “yuck”
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A Los Angeles scientist says living cells may make distinct sounds, which might someday help doctors “hear” diseases
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Close Encounters of the Sneaky Kind
When it comes to mating, the brawny guy is supposed to get the girl, but biologists are finding that small, stealthy suitors do just fine
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Scientists are discovering that caves more complex than we ever imagined may yield vast riches about the origins of life
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Startling evidence that the human brain can grow new nerves began with unlikely studies of birdsong
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Millions of years ago, leafcutter ants learned to grow fungi. But how? And why? And what do they have to teach us?
Scientists at the Smithsonian’s Conservation and Research Center have snatched endangered creatures from the brink and redefined conservation biology
Aliens are tunneling through North America. Who’d have thought these earth tillers have a downside?
When scientists go scavenging at a bioblitz, anything they can find that’s organic is considered fair game
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A government report takes a look at what we have left and where we are heading
Tasty Brazil Nuts Stun Harvesters and Scientists
A Smithsonian biologist tracks the protein-rich nuts to understand their role in the Amazonian forest
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Now we can grow the cells from which all others derive, but ethical questions are involved
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