New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

Scientists have for the first time demonstrated play-like behavior in flies. They found that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) voluntarily and repeatedly visited a carousel.

Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

Scientists found that evolution itself can evolve. Organisms exposed to changing environments develop a better ability to ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

A research team from Osaka University and Diponegoro University, Indonesia has developed two new autonomous navigation ...

While most animals reproduce sexually, some species rely solely on females for parthenogenetic reproduction. Even in these ...

While most animals reproduce sexually, some species rely solely on females for parthenogenetic reproduction. Even in these ...

What happens when the biodiversity witnessed by one generation fades into memory the next? These questions are crossroads at ...