In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...

There’s more history in your blood types than you think, and it didn’t begin with humans. Here’s what we know about them, ...

A new study finds natural selection has reshaped hundreds of human genes in the past 10,000 years, driven by farming, disease ...

The idea behind this claim is that once humans achieved large enough brains and developed sophisticated cultures, cultural ...

Juvenile tomato clownfish are brilliantly colored. But as they join a harem, the stripes fade, leaving one bright stripe ...

The deep-sea fish ended up with glowing lures not just to snag meals, but also to attract mates, a new study finds.

Are humans natural born runners? Here’s why evolutionary and anatomical evidence suggests running was more central to our ...

Humans carry a surprising relic from deep evolutionary history, one that traces back to a tiny, one-eyed ancestor that lived ...

Thorns in different plant species have always been an interesting subject for botanists. Be it rose plants or cactus, they ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

A rare fossil discovery is shedding light on the “missing years” of early sponge evolution. Scientists found a ...

Because grandmothers helped out, we, as an entire species, grew to live longer and longer and developed our big brains, tiny ...