This prehistoric quadruped discovered on the coast of Peru was similar to a modern-day otter or beaver — except it was 13 ...

Prehistoric times were pretty strange, to put it lightly, and the same could be said of the species from that period. Here ...

The Nicobar Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique species found nowhere else. Long isolated, these islands have ...

Whale song, though technically not a language, is organized in a familiar pattern.

Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that will help predict ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

Languages: English, Spanish A set of Stone Age artifacts have revealed evidence of advanced cognitive and symbolic behavior among prehistoric humans, a study reports. In the study, published in ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Is there only one optimal configuration an organism can reach during evolution? Is there a single formula that describes the trajectory towards the optimum? And can we 'derive ...

a burial that was meant to humiliate a conquered rival even after defeat Eli Wizevich Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same ...

The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — New research finds some baleen whale species call at such deep frequencies that they're completely undetectable by killer whales, which cannot hear ... Feb. 6, 2025 — Scientists ...

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...