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

Scientists at RBG Kew and Queen Mary University of London have found evidence that young ash tree populations are evolving ...

Touché. Here we go: recent science has discovered that tigers appear orange to humans because the vast majority of us are ...

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A recent study challenges the long-held belief that gorillas primarily live on the ground. Researchers discovered that ...

Snakes climbing trees use significantly more force than necessary to grip, a strategy detailed in Biology Letters. This overcompensation, sometimes tr ...

Ant genomes reveal how social insects evolved cooperation, preserved caste genes, and rewired chromosomes over 100 million ...

A chance museum discovery has led paleontologists to identify a new species of ancient reptile, Sphenodraco scandentis, that ...

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It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

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Snakes have adapted to climb trees, skate across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s ...