From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic cost of invasive species worldwide has averaged ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and ...

Artifacts found at archeological sites in France and Spain along the Bay of Biscay shoreline show that humans have been ...

For instance, the authors note that the skull’s “general morphology is closer to H. erectus than to later encephalized ...

“That makes sense because modern humans moved out of caves about 60,000 years ago,” added study co-author and Virginia Tech ...

The Gulf of Mexico is a large basin with around 617,800 square miles of water. The area supports diverse marine life, ...

Fragments of a Homo erectus skull were among deposits of vertebrate fossils found when the Indonesian seafloor was being ...

From fleas to mosquitoes, there's no shortage of organisms we like to consider pests – and, not surprisingly, the majority ...

When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all efforts rightly focus on saving human lives and restoring ...

Over the past three years, avian influenza (H5N1) has spread around the U.S. and affected many species of birds and mammals, ...

A new study, published on May 21 in the journal Nature, has revealed surprising information about the origins of human teeth.

Around 60,000 years ago, a few adventurous bed bugs made a bold move. They left their bat hosts behind and climbed onto ...