Take a closer look the next time you see a butterfly resting with its wings closed. What looks like a head might be just a decoy. Some butterflies have odd patterns on their hindwings—spots that look ...

Lucknow University vice-chancellor Prof AK Rai on Saturday appointed Prof M Serajuddin head of zoology department from Sunday for the period of three years or superannuation, whichever is earlier.

Of all the recently extinct animals, none seems to excite the imagination quite like the dodo-a fact Mark Carnall has experienced firsthand. As one of two Life Collections Managers at the UK's Oxford ...