The evolution of snakes, believed to have emerged around 160 million years ago from ancestral lizards, remains a scientific ...

A genetic “cheat sheet” allows different species to display the same warning patterns.

Shapes of beaks and snouts come in an extraordinary range of forms, reflecting adaptations to different lifestyles and ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in South Africa has shed light on human evolution. Young Matthew Berger found a bone that led ...

A new study has revealed that Neanderthals possessed an unexpected and highly durable tool in their kits: the teeth of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Marks found on fossilized rhino teeth discovered in ...

The recognition of "Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder" reshapes debates about control over impulsive sexual behavior, but ...

Miners in Zambia unearthed the Broken Hill skull in 1921, a fossil initially baffling scientists with its mix of modern and ...

Scientists wanted to know why the chatter of Alston’s singing mice sounds so much like human conversation. What they found ...

Florida State University researchers have discovered how to accurately predict winter weather forecasts months in advance, ...

You may not know that our ancestors hibernated during the winter months. Why did we evolve out of this biologically prolific ...

In ‘A Voice in the Wilderness,’ Joseph L. Graves Jr. discusses his scientific journey, how he debates racists, and more.

This unassuming worm hunts with a self-assembling slime net. Here’s what scientists have uncovered about its biology, ...