Evolution

Meraxes, a newly discovered dinosaur species, was found to have tiny arms like a T. rex, despite not being a close relative.

The Sterkfontein Caves in Johannesburg, South Africa, reveal nearly 4 million years of evolution, scientists say.

New research on the common learning disability, estimated to affect one in five people, is meant to better our understanding of those living with dyslexia.

The middle ear of humans evolved from fish gills, according to a study of a 438 million-year-old fossil fish brain.

An international team of researchers has authored a study claiming they may have discovered what is possibly the oldest human fossil in existence in China.

During his Senate campaign, Herschel Walker made controversial remarks and refused to debate any of his GOP opponents.

The extinction of dinosaurs had a significant impact on the development of plants, a new study has shown.

Despite the finder living near Bondi Beach for 20 years, he has never seen anything similar to this particular creature before.

Logan echoed an anti-Semitic trope after being sidelined by Fox News for comparing Anthony Fauci to Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele.

An international collaboration of almost 300 scientists examined changes in the white clover between urban and rural environments.

3D imaging of grasshoppers' mandibles avoids the destruction of samples and may be used with other species.

Bone fragments found in Italy were revealed to be from an ancient gray wolf that lived over 400,000 years ago.

Researchers examined the evolutionary history of two of the most deadly venomous snakes in Australia—eastern brown snakes and tiger snakes

The sharks lived between 20 million and 3.6 million years ago and it is thought they could grow up to 60 feet long.

Evolutionary adaptations have excited researchers that have discovered a connection between mammals today and predators from about 300 million years ago.

Among the remains of at least seven individuals from a species of Hadrosaur is an individual named Bruno, the most complete dinosaur skeleton found in Italy.

Researchers found similarities between the shrinking of human brains and the reduction of brain size caused by the specialization of roles in ant societies.

Researchers report elephants are rapidly evolving to not have tusks, and they believe they know why.

Crabs have evolved at least five separate times, and the process for adopting a crab shape is so popular it even has a name—carcinization.

Australia's millions of cane toads have started cannibalizing their young to prevent overpopulation—but the species' rapid evolution is fighting back.

"Our study serves as a vivid reminder that other cryptic carnivores may yet remain to be discovered," noted the researchers behind the discovery.

And researchers estimate that by 2100, most people will have it.

410-million-year-old fish suggests that sharks once had bony skeletons before they evolved to become cartilaginous.

The reptile is an early member of the animal group Ornithodira to which both dinosaurs and pterosaurs belong.

The facial hair may serve a similar function to a lion's mane, scientists believe.

The largest of these prehistoric species was 10 times the length of anchovies living today.

The shape of the structures resemble that of complex carbon molecules known as "fullerenes," which were one of the first nanoparticles discovered by scientists.

Pangolins are missing two genes that alert mammals to invading viruses. Scientists suggests understanding how they tolerate the virus without these genes could pave way for COVID-19 treatments.

Most electrical activity in vertebrates and invertebrates occurs at extremely low frequencies, but the reasons for this have long remained a mystery.

The virus reemerged in France in 2015, five years after the original outbreak was brought under control.