At first glance, it looked like a genetic error — so severe it should have crippled the animal. But instead, it helped turn ...

The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...

Unsurprisingly, wolf-watching in Yellowstone National Park is a popular activity among visitors. One of the world’s most ...

The debate over human uniqueness is shifting as data has emerged suggesting that other animals can also generate cultural ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs that look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren't just ...

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...

To understand complex objects, humans are known to mentally transform them and represent them as a combination of simpler ...

The scent of blooming flowers and fresh plant life is not just a perk of springtime; it is a key driver in the survival and evolution of butterflies and moths. New research led by scientists at Penn ...

Fish don’t exist. In her novel “Why Fish Don’t Exist,” Lulu Miller points out that a true “fish” clade containing an ancestor ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.

A complete Plesiopterys wildi fossil unearthed in southern Germany is offering new insight into the early diversification of ...