Recent advances in high-throughput microbiome profiling have generated expansive data sets that offer unprecedented ...

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 ...

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 ...

"The new animal is unlike anything yet discovered and has made us all think again about the evolution of the lizard, snakes and the tuatara," said Dan Marke. "We had to give it a name to distinguish ...

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

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

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 ...

Porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV) is an important coronavirus to cause respiratory syndrome in pigs. To analyze the genetic and evolutional characteristics of PRCV in Guangxi province, southern ...

A new study argues that human culture — including religion, politics and war — influences how wildlife evolves in cities. In Los Angeles, factors such as policing, zoning, and local values and ...