Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Analysis of early human bone fossils reveals adaptations for climbing trees and manipulating stones millions of years ago.

Nearly one million years ago, humanity came perilously close to disappearing. A new study reveals that our ancestors may have ...

The Chicago Archaeopteryx provides rare 3D insights into skull evolution, soft tissue structure, and the first evidence of ...

Field crews in Wyoming uncovered not one but four snake fossils so intact that their skulls, ribs, and tails lay in ...

A rare stegosaurian skull discovery in Spain redefines dinosaur evolution and unveils a new group, Neostegosauria.

Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the world of insects. Are cockroaches so resilient that they'd survive a nuclear war? Why do praying mantis ...

New segment combinations are produced during evolution by non-allelic homologous ... superorders are Euarchontoglires (representing primates, tree shrews, flying lemurs, rabbits and rodents ...

May 28, 2025 — A new species of velvet worm, Peripatopsis barnardi, represents the first ever species from the arid Karoo, which indicates that the area was likely historically more forested ...