Evolution, a new five-part series tells the extraordinary story of how life on Earth has changed over more than four billion ...

Biologists have long puzzled over how organs develop into their final shapes, and the nearly transparent bodies of young sea ...

A breakthrough study revealed a primitive brain region that acts as a built-in filter to block out a noisy world.

Smaller than a domestic cat, there are two species of wild cat that could be considered the world’s smallest cat. Meet these ...

For centuries, humans have told stories about the legendary Kraken, a huge octopus that coud sink ships whole. But roughly ...

Analysis of fossils discovered in Illinois reveals a previously unknown growth pattern and opens a new scientific debate.

Successful reproduction presents a fundamental evolutionary paradox: the immune system must tolerate genetically foreign sperm and embryos while maintaining ...

A study of fossil teeth from China shows early mammals got bigger before their diets became specialized after the ...

A 150-million-year-old fossil unearthed in Fujian province has revealed what researchers say is the smallest known ...

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an ...

This fish is a gold mine of knowledge for scientists – since the same species evolved in such vastly different environments, comparing the two offers insights into how evolution and how behaviour is ...

DETROIT – Did you know whale remains have been found in Michigan? It’s not a hoax. Experts say it’s the real deal. I’m not talking about the Basilosaurus that lived here 37 million years ago. Much ...