Orchids don’t always reward their pollinators — sometimes they mislead them. From flowers that mimic insect mates to blooms that smell like rotting fish, orchids have evolved remarkable strategies to ...

Behind the stillness of desert landscapes, cacti appear to be changing in unexpected ways. The cactus on your windowsill may ...

Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints at a ...

Now, 155 years on, new research points towards humans and other animals sharing aesthetic preferences. In an experiment, humans choosing a favourite from two mating calls of an animal species tended ...

Humans and animals like the same sounds, new research reveals, proving Charles Darwin correct. The findings show that people ...

Humans and animals share a taste for the same sounds, new research has revealed, backing up a theory first suggested by ...

Do humans share a sense of acoustic beauty with other animals? According to a new study, the answer may be yes. In a global citizen-science ...

The findings show that people showed preferences for calls other species find the most attractive. The post New research ...

My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

Scientists discover that fast-changing cactus flowers, not size or pollinators, are behind the rapid evolution of new cactus species.

My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...