Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...

Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant ...

Study finds that the pace of evolution in organisms differs depending on the type of cells involved. A new study finds that ...

Whole-genome analysis of urban Sinhalese and Adivasi clans in Sri Lanka reveals migratory history and genetic relationships.

Great apes – bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans – all emit play calls that acoustically resemble human chuckles.

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color ...

In 2015, the discovery of Tetrapodophis amplectus, a four-limbed snake fossil, ignited excitement as a potential evolutionary ...

A fossil discovery of an ancient relative of the Australian magpie which lived in New Zealand some 19 million years ago ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

Nicky Haslam has a new tea towel out. He’s released six of these tea towels over the past few years, listing items and habits he finds common, and it’s become quite a long list including but not ...

Some cats are quiet, while others meow loudly for attention. What makes the difference may be buried deep in their genes.