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Researchers have found that wounds heal three times more slowly in humans than in other primates and rodents, suggesting we ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Professor Emily Jane McTavish and colleagues at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have mapped the evolution of every known bird ...

Scientists have confirmed that Dickinsonia, a 558-million-year-old fossil, is the world’s oldest known animal, pushing back ...

Imagine stumbling upon a hidden vault that preserves whispers from a world over half a billion years ago—a time when life on ...

Earth’s history is filled with incredible milestones, and the emergence of the first animals is one of the most captivating.

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

Whipsnade Zoo is part of the Zoological Society of London, a science-driven conservation charity working to restore wildlife in the UK and around the world. Easter has arrived early for animals at ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

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