I have a new piece in the New Yorker’s Elements blog about our tendency to underestimate animals that are very different from us, such as sponges and ctenophores. Check it out. Last month, in ...

Camouflage is complicated. It comes in multiple styles, and some animals use more than one to fool predators. A red fox lies in wait, camouflaged in the autumn woods in Italy's Gran Paradiso ...

Ryan Reynolds gets wild with Nat Geo's "Underdogs," a new series that puts the outcasts of the animal kingdom in the spotlight. The series premieres June 15 on Nat Geo and ABC and streams the next ...

Ryan Reynolds gets wild with Nat Geo's "Underdogs," a new series that puts the outcasts of the animal kingdom in the spotlight. The series premieres June 15 on Nat Geo and ABC and streams the next ...

Ryan Reynolds gets wild with Nat Geo's "Underdogs," a new series that puts the outcasts of the animal kingdom in the spotlight. The series premieres June 15 on Nat Geo and ABC and streams the next ...

Ryan Reynolds gets wild with Nat Geo's "Underdogs," a new series that puts the outcasts of the animal kingdom in the spotlight. The series premieres June 15 on Nat Geo and ABC and streams the next ...

Ryan Reynolds gets wild with Nat Geo's "Underdogs," a new series that puts the outcasts of the animal kingdom in the spotlight. The series premieres June 15 on Nat Geo and ABC and streams the next ...

Ryan Reynolds gets wild with Nat Geo's "Underdogs," a new series that puts the outcasts of the animal kingdom in the spotlight. The series premieres June 15 on Nat Geo and ABC and streams the next ...

Ryan Reynolds gets wild with Nat Geo's "Underdogs," a new series that puts the outcasts of the animal kingdom in the spotlight. The series premieres June 15 on Nat Geo and ABC and streams the next ...