Fossilized claw tracks discovered in Australia show that the animal group that includes reptiles, mammals and birds formed ...

Cats, dogs and farm animals are what come to mind when we think of domesticated animals. For ages, domestication has been ...

A special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B takes a bold step toward redefining one of the most ...

"De-extinction" takes center stage as environmentalists express dismay over erosion of the Endangered Species Act ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...

Humans didn’t evolve for spreadsheets, yet we’re chained to them. Learn why the brain rebels against cubicles, and how to redesign work so it fuels purpose, mastery, and belonging.

Nature has published the international study in which the Biodiversity and Evolution research group of the University of the ...

A new study finds humanity's closest living relatives will chew plants and apply makeshift poultices to wounds, and use ...

It's the first observation of "sympatric" evolution: that two species evolved from a common ancestor despite no geographical separation ...

Do we have the right to turn insects into cyborgs that we can control to do our bidding, including our military bidding, if they feel pain or have preferences or anxieties? Making a cyborg animals can ...

A team of researchers has identified distinct mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). Drawing parallels with human psychology, the study provides compelling ...