A recently analyzed Homo habilis skeleton, dating back over 2 million years, is reshaping our understanding of early human ...

Museum scientists have identified and described an extinct rhinoceros species from Canada’s High Arctic. Researchers at the Canadian Museum of Nature have identified and formally described a ...

A single thermal performance curve applies across life, from bacteria to animals. Species differ in optimal temperatures, but not in the fundamental shape of their response to heat. Researchers at Tri ...

Scientists have discovered a tropical “dynamite tree” that explosively launches seeds at 150 mph. The mechanism uses physics, ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...

An Aussie outdoorsman has faced a dilemma of whether to intervene after witnessing a cruel act of evolution on a tropical ...

Winter weather can have a large impact on how plants, specifically trees, grow. Here's what to know about plant dormancy and ...

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...

Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger ...

Sitting in my campsite at Goblin Valley State Park, I saw an antelope ground squirrel standing erect on its back feet, which ...

Hyderabad scientists decoded the ‘Evolutionary GPS’ of mites and ticks, showing they belong to two independent groups. Using ...