Scientists in Egypt discovered a not-before-known apex predator that lived 30 million years ago, potentially helping to solve an extinction mystery.

The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, ...

Some cyanobacteria have pigments that specialise in harvesting green light to power photosynthesis, which may be because they ...

Zipf’s law of abbreviation was only found to apply to blue whales and humpback whales, though only five species could be ...

Three studies of the brain regions responsible for processing sensory information show that their neurons are and communicate ...

This prehistoric quadruped discovered on the coast of Peru was similar to a modern-day otter or beaver — except it was 13 ...

Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to ...

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

Scientists confirm that orcas and dolphins have lost the ability to return to dry land due to irreversible evolutionary adaptations.

According to their results recently published in the journal Ecology and Evolution, the culprit is clear: a killer whale ...