The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

A new study reveals how a remarkable group of plants on the Galápagos Islands developed their diverse leaf shapes—offering ...

A bizarre, cyclops-like creature from nearly 600 million years ago may hold the key to how your eyes—and even your sleep ...

Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...

Giant, fearsome octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas, according to new research that flips the script on their ...

A jaw tip worn down by nearly a tenth does not sound like much until you picture what it means. Chipping, cracking, scratches ...

Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, ...

Flinders University researchers have taken a revealing look inside the head of one of the first animals to crawl from the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures ...

A tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old fossil just rewrote the origin story of spiders. After a full day of teaching, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril turned to a task he found especially rewarding: preparing a ...

Travelling across New England, Jason Deng ‘29 captured the coastal life of Gloucester and Rockport in Massachusetts, where working harbors reflect a longstanding maritime tradition. He also visited ...

We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence. ―Darwin Compared with other mammals, human beings have large brains and access to types of intelligence that other animals ...