Scientists have discovered a tropical “dynamite tree” that explosively launches seeds at 150 mph. The mechanism uses physics, ...

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A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

Nonhuman primates like bonobos and chimpanzees might engage in same-sex sexual activities to strengthen bonds, particularly ...

Clues from studies of ancient plants and animals have helped archaeologists pin down where the last Neanderthals found refuge ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Scientists are looking into the cells of creatures like whales and mole rats to see if they have lessons for humans.

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

Dogs have adapted their behaviour in ways that get unintentionally rewarded by feeders but create hazards for others ...

For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – ...

Past theories have suggested that animals exhibit SSB to increase group cohesion, to signal dominance among a larger group, ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...