Tropical forests challenge us to understand biodiversity, as numerous seemingly similar species persist on only a handful of shared resources. Recent ecological theory posits that biodiversity is ...

Researchers say the feisty, territorial fish tell between threatening intruders and innocuous cohabitants by counting the stripes across their bodies. Scientists tested the orange fish to gauge their ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Declarer had to navigate around the distribution to succeed but, at least, visualisation revealed what it was.