Head lice, fleas and tapeworms have been humanity’s companions throughout our evolutionary history. Yet, the greatest ...

Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronized their own rhythms with those of ...

For over a century, scientists have wrestled with one of biology’s most fundamental mysteries: how the first animals evolved.

The Chicago Archaeopteryx provides rare 3D insights into skull evolution, soft tissue structure, and the first evidence of ...

Analysis of early human bone fossils reveals adaptations for climbing trees and manipulating stones millions of years ago.

Smartphones, once helpful tools, now act as digital parasites—exploiting users’ attention, time and data for corporate gain.

Fossil tracks from Australia reveal reptiles appeared 40 million years earlier than thought. The origin of reptiles on Earth may be up to 40 million years earlier than previously believed, based on ...

As David Attenborough reflects in his new documentary Ocean, “After living for nearly 100 years on this planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea”. We ...

But as the planet cooled again, sloths began to bulk up. The largest ground sloths emerged during the Ice Ages. Big bodies ...