For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

Super Bowl weekend ushers in buzz about halftime performances, high-budget commercials and of course, who will win the NFL’s championship game. But year-round, Boise State’s raptor biologists are ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones first emerged and became so diverse.

A million years of kitchen accidents may have forced the human immune system to evolve.

Scientists used the April 2024 solar eclipse to show how animals adjust their behavior when daylight suddenly disappears.

The findings indicate that bonobos—or at least that Kanzi had—have the capacity to imagine, says Christopher Krupenye, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins and ...

Imagine an asteroid striking Earth and wiping out most of the human population. Even if some lucky people survived the impact, Homo sapiens might ...

And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce ...

Orcas are born with powerful bodies and sharp teeth, but they are not born knowing how to hunt. Here’s why they depend so ...

Humans’ exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping how our bodies heal, fight infection, and sometimes fail under extreme ...

City lights reaching the ocean may be quietly altering sharks’ biology, revealing how modern coastlines are reshaping life ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...