New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

My wife is always on the lookout for eagles, and last week we were pleased to have seen two eagles. One flew over our car in Camptown and the second was flying toward its nest near Gillett. Later, in ...

Humans have been poisoning rodents for centuries. But fast-breeding rats and mice have evolved resistance to earlier poisons.

Humans have evolved an exceptionally high metabolic rate, unlike any other known animal. Unlike primates that conserve energy ...

The team named the new genus Bastetodon partly in reference to the cat-headed ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet, in honor of ...

Animals are classified in a variety of ways. Basically, they are divided by being vertebrates (most having a backbone) and ...

A s they transport us to underwater landscapes, aquariums provide a soothing experience for visitors. The dark rooms, illuminated by soft light emanating from the tanks, display a ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Here are five more ways that humans have scuppered the love lives of animals.

New research makes it possible to reconstruct ancient ecosystems by analyzing the teeth of over 50,000 carnivorous animal ...

In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal forests of southern ...

The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.