In fact, social monogamy is extremely common in birds and somewhat common in mammals, while sexual monogamy is vanishingly ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Researchers unearth sixth new species of ancient giant rhinos in Asia, and hope to determine the animal's expanse in the ...

Wrasse fish use hard surfaces as tools to crack open prey. This behavior shows flexible thinking and environmental awareness.

Meta-analysis reveals there is no evidence that variation in clutch size in birds is driven by the reproduction–survival trade-off.

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism, ...

The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors—most notably, it is significantly smaller, and ...

New research from Oxford University has revealed chimpanzee "engineering" capabilities that aid them in retrieving insects as ...

Enzymes originally evolved in high-temperature environments and later adapted to lower temperatures as Earth cooled. Scientists discovered that a key shift in enzyme function occurred over ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

A secretive creature observed by Darwin has long since been thought extinct, until observers recently spotted a specimen.

UNESCO has raised concerns over the alarming rate of glacier melting worldwide. According to a recent report, a staggering 9,000 gigatons of ice have melted since 1975, equivalent to the total ...