In his debut book, the evolutionary biologist decodes the most exciting turning points in the effort to map what links all ...

A new book challenges us to work together as a community to grant sovereignty to forests and the animals who live there.

A new bacterium found in Hawaiian seawater shows land microbes can reach the ocean through hidden groundwater flow.

While painted as a family favorite, the zoo isn't always a safe or wholesome vacation spot, and you may want to skip it on ...

Many mountain gorillas keep living - vigorous and socially engaged - for a decade or more beyond the years of reproduction.

New research uncovers surprising clues about the early stages of human evolution, reshaping what we thought we knew.

It was a gray morning on the steppes of central Mongolia when paleontologist Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig spotted something glinting ...

Learn more about Ardipithecus ramidus and how their ankle bone paints a better picture of how our ancestors transitioned from ...

In a peer-reviewed analysis, scientists quantify amino acids before and after our “ last universal common ancestor .” The ...

Learn why fireworks are terrifying for dogs during Diwali and how it affects them physiologically and mentally. Understand ...

This is the last of three blog posts associated with this week’s episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which addresses life in the universe. Read the first and second here. Someday, in the not too ...