Why the Latest Science Leads Us to a New Theory of Human Nature, by Jonathan Leaf (Bombardier, 320 pp., $21) Ever since Darwin, biologists have believed that much could be learned about human nature ...

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A hidden macro camera captured an extraordinary close-up of two damselflies engaged in a delicate mating formation on a ...

Biruté Galdikas was the third of the so-called Trimates, alongside Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall. She spent thousands of hours ...