"This study decoded the gene expression profiles of this intelligent creature which revealed its genetic similarities with higher vertebrates such as fish and humans suggesting evolutionary ...

A new book offers an unsettling account of human exceptionalism and shows that the unique ways we gamble with risks and move ...

A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises new questions about ape communication, ...

Humans have evolved an exceptionally high metabolic rate, unlike any other known animal. Unlike primates that conserve energy ...

In Greek mythology, a chimera is a grotesque hybrid. But chimeras are not just tales. Here's how some scientists have been ...

Cockatoos are such smart and sweet creatures, and one precious bird named Fuby is proving this fact by offering some amazing ...

In 1989, political scientist Francis Fukuyama predicted we were approaching the end of history. He meant that similar liberal ...

World Bonobo Day highlights the urgent need to protect bonobos from habitat destruction, poaching, and deforestation.

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University has investigated how similar ...

Three studies of the brain regions responsible for processing sensory information show that their neurons are and communicate ...

This time, we’re gonna win, damnit!” proclaims a grinning Wes Ball, director of last summer’s Kingdom of the Planet of the ...

Consciousness is a private affair. We can only infer that others have conscious experiences like we do, for essentially three ...