Humans have long viewed themselves as the pinnacle of evolution, labeling other species as “primitive” or using terms like ...

Learn more about the volcanic island of Nishinoshima and how its frequent eruptions are helping scientists understand how ...

Credit: Dan Marke Phylogenetic tree showing the variation ... pretty much as the tuatara does today." "The new animal is ...

Human babies’ babbling is more than cute noise—it’s a feedback-driven learning strategy that sets the foundation for language.

A new study reveals how tiny rodent thumbnails shaped feeding, climbing, and survival, offering fresh insight into mammal ...

Scientists have discovered which animal was the first to branch off from our collective common ancestor. For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb ...

Humans have caused wild animals to shrink and domestic animals to grow, according to a new study out of the University of Montpellier in southern France. Researchers studied tens of thousands of ...

Since the Middle Ages, the size of wild and domestic animals has largely been shaped by human selection: domestic animals are increasingly larger; wild animals increasingly smaller. During the 7,000 ...

The analysis of neural morphology across Heliconiini butterfly species revealed brain area-specific changes associated with new foraging behaviours. While the volume of the centre for learning and ...