New research suggests that octopuses and humans may share an ancient evolutionary connection that helps explain the ...

This bias can create a negative feedback loop, the paper warns, where the most-studied species keep getting studied and the ...

A team of researchers has used advanced DNA sequencing to develop the most comprehensive atlas yet of genetic change through ...

Empowering undergraduates to think critically about science in the media and society. A revolution is quietly unfolding in the field of evolutionary biology, challenging entrenched paradigms and ...

A group of chimps have been filmed sharing alcoholic breadfruit, in the first example of wild primates having a booze-up on ...

Imagine looking into the eyes of a chimpanzee and seeing a flicker of something deeply familiar—a spark that hints at a ...

Author and activist JK Rowling has hit out at British journalist Laurie Penny in the wake of the Supreme Court 's ruling on ...

To investigate the archaic ancestry of the living human population, Akey and Vernot set to work searching for Neanderthal DNA in modern genomes. They developed a statistical approach to identify ...

André Briend is the 2025 recipient of the John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award, which recognizes outstanding ...

Ingber’s work has also shown that it’s possible to mimic human comorbidities on chips when testing drug effects, for example, lung chips from patients with COPD are ten times more sensitive to ...