Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

Fossils of the world’s oldest megaraptorid and the first-ever carcharodontosaurs in Australia have been discovered, ...

Jurassic bird fossil discovery of a species named Baminornis zhenghensis pushes bird evolution timeline back 20 million years ...

A recent paper provides an updated perspective on the evolutionary history of chelicerates—a diverse and ecologically ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

For thousands of years, spoken language has set humans apart from all other species. The ability to convey complex ideas, ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

At face value, that sounds like a recipe for the magnificent seven – Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta Platforms and Tesla – to continue their incredible rise to the point they ...