To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans ...

A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis has documented, for the first time, ...

The brain's complexity stems from evolutionary layering—new functions built atop ancient foundations, resulting in a tangled and historical structure akin to London’s streets.

A new study from Toho University reveals that female earwigs exhibit a similar pattern of exaggerated forceps growth as males ...

To trace tusk evolution, researchers needed a more concrete definition to distinguish tusks from teeth and other external bone growths in fossils. For a tooth to be a tusk, researchers defined the ...

Researchers uncover how 12-hour biological rhythms operate in mammals, exploring their unique mechanisms and potential ...

To solve the problem, some species of nematodes have been known to assemble into bridge-like towers, but it’s been seen only ...

A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis documented, for the first time, ...

Fresh analysis of records for more than 30,000 species now points to a single thread that stitches Earth's bioregions ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...