Life

Orangutans join humans and bees in a very exclusive club

Dogs’ floppy ears may be part of why they and other domesticated animals love humans so much.

Protected animals are feared to be headed for the black market.

Could consciousness all come down to the way things vibrate?

Humans evolved to live in the cold through a number of environmental and genetic factors.

A clash of mysteries.

A new paper in Nature adds urgency to the fight against climate change.

They’re creating an unprecedented map of Earth to help government leaders make better decisions in regard to climate change.

Is beauty always a proxy for genetic health and fitness? Charles Darwin didn’t think so.

As enjoyable as it is to be a couch potato, humans were built to run.

Assigning human values and morals to wild animals will only end in heartbreak. And possible necrophilia.

The modern ocean can be a dangerous place for whales.

She’s not held back by other animals’ numeracy limitations.

The natural world evolved many pop culture frights long before storytellers used them to terrify us.

When science and ethics collide.

Maybe the only chance they have to tell their story before they’re gone.

How psilocybin evolved has more to do with sending insects on terrifying trips than it does making Phish sound good.

“What a shock,” said no dog owner ever.

A buzzworthy study looks at the strange actions of bees.

Antidepressants are destroying underwater ecosystems, which we in turn eat.

Take one long stroll, four times a week.

People were about to start hunting grizzly bears in Yellowstone again, for the first time in 40 years. Thankfully, that has now been blocked.

Human egg cells can now be created from donor blood — a brave new world is upon us.

Scientists have developed new ways of understanding how the biological forces of death drive important life processes.

What do we see from watching birds move across the country?

If you want to know what makes a Canadian lynx a Canadian lynx a team of DNA sequencers has figured that out.

We’re more dependent on them than we realize.

Evolution has created wild and weird animals. Get to know a few of them.

Roaming horny hippos obtained illegally by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar? It’s a heck of a true story.

And other big questions we explored on our first day at the World Science Festival.