Scientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.

Quick Take Achieving 100% locomotion control over a cockroach is a mandatory requirement for jewel wasp survival. The sub-esophageal ganglion location creates targeting hurdles when prey size exceeds ...

The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...

Songbirds on the UCLA campus changed beak shapes during the pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers suspect it might be a case of rapid evolution.

A new study confirms that dolphins and orcas have reached a "point of no return" in their evolution, making a return to land ...

Life in the wild is never constant; animals adapt quickly if they are to survive. Climate change, the reduction of habitats, ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical traces in fossil teeth. Experiments suggest this exposure may have driven ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

A tiny 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon is shaking up scientists’ assumptions about the earliest members of the lizard lineage. Instead of the expected skull hinges and palate teeth typical of ...