Their species name is well known, but until recently we’ve understood very little for certain about Homo habilis. Columnist ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to natter with a Neanderthal or have a heart-to-heart with Homo Erectus, then ...

Some wasps and frogs evolved similar chemicals that cause pain in predators, even though the species are not closely related.

Are box turtles in worse shape than herpetologists thought? University of Toledo researchers raise the question in new ...

The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling when it’s more of a medical liability today?

Reef fish in different oceans often develop similar color patterns because evolution explores the same set of biological possibilities.

The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of biology.

A "peculiar" ancient relative of the crocodile which experts believe began life on four legs before, in adulthood, it learned ...

Sonselasuchus cedrus, discovered in fossils from Arizona, was a crocodile relative from the Triassic period that grew into an ...