Bats swim, run, flirt and do lots of other nonflight jobs with their wings -- a fact that may have influenced evolution of the wing's architecture.

Goldenrods temporarily duck their heads during pest season

Honeybee air traffic can interrupt caterpillars' relentless munching. (p. 14)

The cell-by-cell detail of a 45 million-year–old retina is preserved in amber

DNA from old museum specimens reveals evolutionary look-alikes.

Equal sausage demanded for equal paw shakes. (p. 13)

Virus could explain one symptom of colony collapse. (p. 5)

Among male bees that create their own perfume, a change in the sense of smell might mean a split in species.

First human DNA extraction from hair bits in moth larval case. (p. 12)

Toe wiggling creates motions, vibrations that get potential prey moving.

Newly cultured fungus named as a suspect in deadly white-nose syndrome

Columbia River salmon have troubles all right, but dams may no longer top the list.

They’re teenagers, and they’re off somewhere listening to music. Fortunately for Chris Templeton, these are song sparrows, so he can put radio transmitters on them to figure out where they go. He’s guessing—remember he’s working with birds—that the young song sparrows have slipped off to go to school. Or to wherever it is in the shrubbery that they find tutors and learn to sing. Lab studies show that song sparrows, and probably half of known bird species, have to learn the species-specific songs they need for communicating in romance or war. Birdsong, Templeton says, â€... (p. 22)