It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

In 1871, Charles Darwin wrote: "The perception, if not the enjoyment, of musical cadences and of rhythm is probably common to all animals.” Darwin suggests that if music gives us pleasure, it ...

The investigators at Debunked explore the evolutionary reasons why some animals grow to massive sizes. Catholic devotees were ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...

We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

“It may be doubted,” Darwin wrote, “if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of the world as these lowly organized creatures.” ...

Linguists say this joyful weirdness isn’t random—it’s rooted in how humans build bonds, play with sound, and treat animals ...