Rob Dunn

Birds do it, bees do it, even pollinating plants do it.

A new biological theory states that cultural behavior is not just a regional quirk, but a defense against the spread of disease

A head in the clouds: do the microorganisms that circulate in the atmosphere get there by chance—or by contrivance? from Natural History provided by Find Articles at BNET

For swine flu, history and recent advances in evolutionary biology provide only a partial blueprint. Ultimately, any recourse must rely on incomplete data and imperfect knowledge.

'Who are we,' science writer Hannah Holmes asks, 'animally speaki...

Anyone who thinks that cataloguing life is largely a matter of butterfly nets and flower presses should read this surprising book

LOST LAND OF THE DODO: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodrigues. Anthony Cheke and Julian Hume. 464 pp. Yale University Press, 2008. $55.

A hundred and fifty years ago, Alfred Russel Wallace must have stood in similar awe when he first saw this spectacular birdwing butterfly in Sarawak, a few hundred miles down the coast from where we were hiking. ...