In the arid landscapes of the Afar region in Ethiopia, a series of bones dating back 3.4 million years could shake up what we ...

Angiosperms, also known as flowering plants, represent the most diverse group of seed plants, and their origin and evolution ...

Balanophora may look like a mushroom, but instead of being a fungus, it's a parasitic plant with rare traits that puzzle ...

High in the forest canopy, one genus of snake learned how to solve the problem of flight without wings. Here’s how, according ...

Phoenix Suns coaches Jordan Ott and DeMarre Carroll returned to Cleveland on opposing benches, applying lessons learned under ...

Let's end the year on a high-pitched note with this roaring, supercharged V8 Ford F-150 of the Hennessey Venom 800 sport truck variety ...

According to a paper published earlier this year in Communications Biology, a massive shark that exceeded the size of ...

Scientists trace an ancient microbe, Asgard archaea, that gave rise to humans, animals, and plants more than 2 billion years ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

Properly deciphering the branching pathways of evolution could unlock the history of every component of natural biology.