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

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

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

In this episode, hosts Andrew Daniels and John Gilpatrick dive deep into the mysterious origins of all life on Earth—and the ...

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

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

Thanks to a study that analyzed fossilized fragments of baby jaws dating back two million years, scientists are rewriting the beginnings of human history.The study, led by José Braga, a professor at ...

A myth repeated so often in museums, textbooks, and nature documentaries that most people accept it as dogma is that humans ...

Basenjis are among the dog breeds most closely related to wolves, and are considered to be the oldest dog breed in the world ...

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

Ever find yourself people-watching in a cafe, or tuning into reality TV just to see who's arguing with who? You're not ...