The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the single life form that branched into everything since. Earth four billion ...

Scientists discovered that koalas have fingerprints almost identical to humans, showing how evolution can arrive at the same ...

Many mountain gorillas keep living - vigorous and socially engaged - for a decade or more beyond the years of reproduction.

An artist’s reconstruction of the locomotor behavior and paleoenvironment of Lufengpithecus. This extinct primate lived in East Asia during the Miocene. “It would have been about the size of a ...

Learn more about Ardipithecus ramidus and how their ankle bone paints a better picture of how our ancestors transitioned from walking like apes to walking up right.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Crocodiles are some of the most fierce ambush-predators in the world ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Since first appearing during the age of dinosaurs, snakes have authored an evolutionary success story - slithering into almost every habitat on Earth, from oceans to ...