The surprising escapes from near-death situations of beetles and other small animals illustrate how both prey and predators ...

The ocean contains many organisms whose form defies the expectations we might have for life, but none may be more bizarre ...

There is strong scientific consensus surrounding this story and it is informed by multiple converging lines of evidence.

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 that ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants ...

Scientists now believe consciousness is not exclusive to humans. Research suggests it evolved gradually in animals, allowing ...

Animals that adapt behaviorally may evolve physically more slowly, showing resilience rather than weakness in changing environments.

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that life suddenly diversified during the Cambrian explosion ...

In most narratives, the story of evolution is the story of organisms emerging from the ocean and eventually populating the land. But for some species that evolution also involved a return trip. Dozens ...

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth ...

The naming of Sonselasuchus cedrus represents scientific findings that shed light on the diversification of reptiles ...