Turns out, you just need to catch a boat from Ventura and head about an hour offshore to Channel Islands National Park, where nature has been running its own private laboratory for thousands of years.

A wraparound deck lets you dine while surrounded by nature on all sides. It’s like having a fancy picnic in the forest without any of the usual hassles. The treehouse section becomes especially ...

Scotland's island wrens are quietly breaking the rules of evolution, growing in ways that have stunned researchers and raised a provocative question: are these birds becoming something else entirely?

Animals with larger brains produce fewer, larger offspring, explaining why birds evolved bigger eggs than the largest dinosaurs.