An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the ...
A recent expedition into the forests of Madagascar found 21 examples of species that had been considered lost to science, including the first documented sighting of an approximately 10-inch-long ...
An Instagram post about the last two northern white rhinos references a scenario conservationists have warned us about for ...
Humans influence the evolution of plants and animals. Sometimes actively, sometimes indirectly. The case of the Tube mosquito ...
Keystone species play an outsized role in the ecosystem, affecting the natural balance in ways that cannot easily be replaced.
A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.
RALEIGH – An interdisciplinary group of researchers is proposing a new way to think of some interactions between species, classifying a variety of plants, animals and fungi as “nature’s chefs.” ...
A new study reveals that the majority of Earth’s species stem from a few evolutionary explosions, where new traits or habitats sparked rapid diversification. From flowers to birds, these bursts ...