Essays
See how they move
From slithering tubes to moving with legs: the wondrous evolution of locomotion.
It takes guts...
...for the vulture, the python, and you. One being's meat is another's poison.
A whale of a puzzle
These gentle giants of the oceans share their ancestry with hippos, and other species discovered in a Himalayan sea.
Up in the air
From the albatross to the featherwing beetle to the dandelion, the physics of flight is the outcome of evolution over millions of years.
A bridge (not) too far
Split-brain studies and brain-computer interfaces are re-establishing a fundamental connection that defines human function.
