Previous fossils show fish brains rattling around inside much bigger skulls, but the brain of Trawdenia planti fits snugly ...

Contrary to common assumptions, pigeons do not lock their eyes in place during flight. Instead, they make slow, subtle eye ...

Pythons may be changing the Everglades in a surprising way. New research indicates that Burmese pythons could be altering landscapes in Florida by carrying seeds to new places and affecting which ...

Invasive reptiles may be quietly altering how plants regenerate, moving seeds across the Everglades and complicating efforts ...

What did the very first complex vertebrate brain look like? To find out, scientists turned to an unlikely time traveler: the ...

Nighttime means snack time, when you're Ricki the raccoon and Junior the possum! Watch as these two adorably wait for their ...

Liang Bua cave, purported cut marks on elephant bones and charred remains from other animals led some researchers to propose ...

As the weather gets warmer and climate change affects how long hot and dry weather continues, more mosquitoes can complete their life cycle quicker and the population can grow.

Researchers in Barcelona conducted experiments with four zoo giraffes that indicate the animals might be capable of basic ...

Why humans have a philtrum, the groove above your lip, explained by an evolutionary biologist — from embryonic face-building ...

New research suggests humans and great apes share rhythmic patterns in laughter dating back millions of years. The finding ...

Summary: A new study has completely revived and expanded this lost chapter of human evolution. Leveraging modern molecular genetic dating and advanced phylogenetic statistical modeling, researchers ...