Research led by the University of Sydney is reshaping scientific understanding of one of the world's most widespread canine ...

Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

A single thermal performance curve applies across life, from bacteria to animals. Species differ in optimal temperatures, but ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

An international team of scientists from South Africa, Canada, France and the UK has uncovered fossil evidence of a tiny ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

A large international study reveals that mammals tend to live longer when reproduction is suppressed. On average, lifespan ...

Tyrannosaurus rex lived longer and took more time to reach its maximum size than previously thought, according to a new study.

A rare sample from a woolly rhinoceroses reveals how the population changed in the lead-up to the species’ extinction.