By giving some fossils a dental exam, we've learned more about how tusks first evolved. And humans aren't the only primate ...

Venom is one of nature’s most effective (and fascinating) survival tools. Across the world, a wide range of animals have ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.

At first glance, this mammal looks like a horse gone terribly wrong. But, in reality, Chalicotherium is far from a botched ...

Sensitive hearing may have evolved in mammal ancestors far earlier than scientists once believed. By modeling how sound moved ...

Sleep is a universal biological state that allows all animals, from mammals to amphibians, fish and even insects, to restore ...

Imagine a predator that doesn’t just kill its prey, but performs a high-stakes “brain surgery” to turn it into a willing ...

Crab-like body shapes evolved independently at least five times, making “crab” more a design than a lineage.

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...

This academic has theorized about what would happen if humans became extinct and reveals who our successor would be.

Studies looking at how sponges have evolved on a molecular level have suggested that spicules should be present over 700 ...

Long before humans became master hunters, our ancestors were already thriving by making the most of what nature left behind. New research suggests that scavenging animal carcasses wasn’t a desperate ...