Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

A new book offers an unsettling account of human exceptionalism and shows that the unique ways we gamble with risks and move out of our comfort zones may yet be our downfall.

Continuing one of America's most influential legacies, Dr. Bernice King has established herself as a formidable force for justice and reconciliation in her own right. As we mark Black History Month, ...

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

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 ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have examined how social models ...

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

Mysterious Footprints Found in a Cave Reveal They Belonged to a Relative of Humans Who Walked Like a Bear We are aware of how ...

While early language models could only process text, contemporary large language models now perform highly diverse tasks on different types of data. For instance, LLMs can understand many languages, ...

The new research, comprising a trio of papers published in Science last week, takes an exceptionally deep dive into the pallium, the bulbous chunk of avian brain that houses neural circuits underlying ...

Discover the surprising intelligence of animals, from problem-solving to tool-making and communication. Explore the fascinating world of animal cognition.