Scientists found that evolution led bird and mammal brains to evolve separately, using different genetic instructions.

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

A single gene in the shorebird species known as ruffs controls the levels of testosterone in males, and this in turn affects ...

The story of human evolution in ancient past is said to be written in our modern bodies. In his book “Descent of Man,” Charles Darwin talks about vestigial structures. A vestigial structure is a body ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

A new fungus species in Europe, Gibellula attenboroughii, transforms cave spiders into 'zombies.' This fungus manipulates spiders to leave their webs, then kills them and uses their corpses to spread ...

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing them and using their corpses to spread.

In most species of birds-of-paradise, males have the ability to glow to attract mates, adding another element to their ...

In a significant advancement for renewable energy technologies, a new catalyst has been developed that dramatically improves the efficiency and stability of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in ...