Weird History Food is taking a look at the animals we use for our food. Around 11,000 years ago when humans first began trading nomadic lifestyles for permanent communities, they also began to ...

Have you ever wondered why moose in Alaska are larger than their southern relatives? Have you considered why many Arctic ...

Recent studies reveal that changes in gene regulation, not just gene sequences, are crucial for the evolution of animal ...

Across the animal kingdom, evolution has opened the door to a growing scientific quest to understand what a menagerie of ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to ...

Here are six species that have some of the strangest and most specialised noses on Earth, turning their faces into remarkable examples of evolution at work. The star-nosed mole has one of the most ...

For humans and most vertebrates, life depends on a single heart pumping blood throughout the body. In this slideshow, we’ll ...

The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing ...

Why do desert foxes have huge ears while Arctic foxes don't? Learn how Allen's Rule explains the link between body shape and heat management.

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...

Animals with antlers and horns have dominated the earth for centuries. These intimidating features are symbols of power, strength, and hierarchy within their wild herds. And all too often, these terms ...