Swimmers in Sydney have been urged to stay out of the water after three people were seriously wounded during a spate of shark ...

Penguin Awareness Day draws attention to the unique world of penguins, their habitats, and why global efforts are essential ...

Same-sex behavior is widespread in primates and may help strengthen social bonds and improve survival under challenging ...

What if everything we thought we knew about our origin was wrong? In 2017, discoveries in Morocco rocked the world, revealing ...

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 ...

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

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.

Deep inside a cave system in Europe, a 60,000‑year‑old assemblage of human remains and artifacts has forced researchers to ...

A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...

Evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, probably during overlapping periods, has been ...

Scientists have linked human activities including the burning of coal, oil and gas to the ongoing acidification of the ocean ...

In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...