Christie Wilcox’ blog, Observations of a Nerd, has been acquired by Seed Media Group’s ScienceBlogs.com

Because rats dine on both indigenous snails and the destructive non-native snails they compete with, controlling rats raises conservation concerns.

Male humpback whales appear to prefer full-figured mates, according to University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo researcher.

“Return of the embryo” and “evo-devo” may sound like sci-fi kitsch, but they are central to new developments in evolutionary thought.

Recent reports of a new butterfly discovery heralded the arrival of the butterfly Zizina otis, the Lesser Grass Blue, on Oʻahu.

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