Scientists discovered a new human species, Homo juluensis, in the Xujiayao site in China that lived 200,000 years ago.

When students vanished during the pandemic from the University of California, Los Angeles, the beaks on its campus songbirds ...

Research on SARS-CoV-2 in zoo tigers, lions, and hyenas shows rapid viral evolution and adaptation, offering insights into cross-species transmission dynamics.

During development of the digestive system, a complex network of nerves forms around it, creating a "second brain"—the ...

She approached chimps as she did people: on their own terms. By Sam Anderson ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

The practice of substituting humans with primates reaches back into art history.

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

Historic population bottlenecks left cheetahs genetically similar, increasing disease risk and threatening long-term survival ...

The sex of many turtles, crocodilians, and other reptiles is determined by the temperature at which their eggs incubate.