According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

Some animals are born with horns while others shed their antlers each year. But what's the evolutionary purpose?

A Purdue University contraceptive vaccine seeks to address animal overpopulation by markedly reducing fertility in feral ...

We love watching superheroes throw hammers and fly through explosions, but some real animals can do things that honestly feel ...

Islands often exhibit unique evolutionary patterns, with species adapting to limited resources and predator absence. Large animals may shrink (insular dwarfism), while small ones can grow larger ...

High-tech camera system makes it possible for humans to see colors in the way animals do, adding vivid new perspective to the ...

When the sun disappears, and the world slowly becomes quiet, another world quietly wakes up. While humans switch off lights ...

When a plate of steak is served at the dinner table, the meal looks like a familiar dish, cooked and garnished. It’s ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there are quite a few Star Wars fans among biologists. These ones have used their opportunity to name a new species to make reference to their beloved franchise.

New 3D reconstructions of a key sensory organ in ctenophores reveal an unexpected structural and functional complexity. The findings suggest that an elementary brain may have already appeared in our ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

In Lake Malawi, hundreds of species of cichlid fish have evolved with astonishing speed, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study how biodiversity arises.