A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may rewrite human origins, showing our ancestors were walking upright far earlier than anyone expected.

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

For a certain type of science-fiction fan, Exodus was the biggest announcement out of the 2025 Game Awards. Those fans just ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

A plant that looks like a fungus, lives like a parasite, and clones itself in the dark—Balanophora may be one of evolution’s strangest experiments.

Dive into the intriguing world of alien evolution! From convergent evolution to the basics of extraterrestrial anatomy, explore the possibilities of intelligent life and how it may differ or ...

Last month, the Bean Life Science Museum opened its new exhibit, the Evolutionary Tree of Life, to the public. “It was a fabulous feeling,” said museum director Michael Whiting. Whiting said the ...

For the next few weeks, this column will focus on “Christmas in the Past,” a series of columns that will feature ways Americans celebrated Christmas in the past and how the way we currently celebrate ...