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  1. The trouble with small male spiders

    A test of an old view of sexual cannibalism—that it's a way of rejecting suitors—finds that small males lose out, but not from attacks by females.

    By Susan Milius

  2. Funnel-web males send knockouts in air

    Male funnel-web spiders seem to waft some kind of gas toward females that renders the females limp, enabling the males to mate without being eaten.

    By Susan Milius

  3. River dolphins can whistle, too, sort of

    In the most elaborate attempt so far to eavesdrop on Brazil's pink river dolphins, researchers have detected what may be a counterpart to seafaring dolphins' whistles.

    By Susan Milius

  4. Do parents with extra help goof off?

    When researchers stepped in to help feed baby sparrows, the parents did not slack off but brought even more food.