Misconceptions about human evolution have circulated since the 1920s. At Stony Brook University, researchers in the ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable ...

Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...

Increased vegetation growth in European mountains, driven by climate and land-use changes, reduces the genetic diversity of ...

The very first cells obtained their energy from geochemical reactions. LMU researchers have now managed to recreate this ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...

Colossal Biosciences' claim to have achieved the 'de-extinction' of the dire wolf has been questioned by geneticists, but the ...

"The 2010 cold snap may have created a subset of pythons better able to survive cold temperatures — and thus better adapted ...

A benzodiazepine seeping into waterways is causing young Atlantic salmon to behave strangely, with fish in the wild migrating more rapidly and taking more risks on their journey from river to ocean.

The study recently published in PNAS not only answers essential questions, but is interdisciplinary, combining computational biology, evolutionary biology, and physics. "It has the potential to ...

Hennessey Special Vehicles has officially completed testing on its most powerful car to date: the Venom F5 Evolution. Pushing out an impressive 2,031 hp, it now claims the title of the world’s ...