Virginia Morell

“Fascinating” study is a rare example of a smooth merger of different groups in animal kingdom

Marine mammals may even be training their human counterparts

Nut-smashing technique causes sharp flakes to break off

Find would put pachyderms in a rare group that only includes humans and bonobos

Striking similarities discovered between human and dolphin “motherese”

Green-rumped parrotlet stepfathers still get their DNA into the gene pool when they spare their adoptive chicks’ lives

Find in carrion crows suggests a language system that may be akin to ours

Study is first to link juvenile play behavior in the wild to reproductive benefits

Study challenges idea that a “landscape of fear” allows aspen and willows to grow

On this week’s show: Using robots to study evolution, the last installment of our series of books on a future to look forward to, and did reintroducing wolves really restore an ecosystem?