At this moment, the male side-blotched lizards of the American West are engaged in dating drama beyond human comprehension. Three different morphs of lizard, all with different colors and different ...

Two new studies into lizard colors reveal how one species maintains its colorful diversity while others are losing their ancient colors. And the changes are being driven by the biological equivalent ...

Raphael Gomes plays an edible rock paper scissors game with Cheetos. Greenland could become 51st state under proposed bill US plane used in boat strike was made to look like civilian aircraft ...

In the game of war, there are no winners, no losers, only casualties. Both unsettling and tender is Franz Böhm’s BAFTA-winning short film Rock, Paper, Scissors, which follows the true story of Ivan ...

Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the hidden biology that makes this possible. By Carl Zimmer If you live in the ...

It started as a simple game everyone knows. Then the stakes kept getting higher. This extreme rock paper scissors challenge quickly turned into a test of nerves, pride, and reactions. What followed ...

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