It is a scientific mystery why 90% of people are right-handed. A study compared human handedness with that of 41 ape species ...

A new study has pieced together the evolutionary history of terrestrial animals on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), offering ...

It may sound abstract, but distinctions between "native," "introduced" or "invasive" species can often be life or death.

Researchers have brought back the calls of insects that lived 165 million years ago, working from fossilized wing fragments found in China. One of them called at frequencies beyond human hearing, ...

A 17- to 18-million-year-old ape fossil discovered in Egypt is challenging long-held beliefs about where the ancestors of ...

Humans evolved from monkeys.' Evolution, which we in the modern day learn as a matter of course in school. Many people might ...

Ancient marine reptiles found in Colombia reveal a possible new pattern in Earth's evolution, where declining species ...

Tiny pigment granules in fossil fish eyes mirror patterns in living species, revealing ancient clues to vision and raising ...

CHENGDU, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- A new study has reconstructed the evolutionary history of terrestrial animals on the ...

Mutualistic interactions are hypothesized to broaden ecological niches and promote diversification, yet evidence for this relationship remains limited. This study finds that, across Poa grasses, ...

A new study has reconstructed the evolutionary history of terrestrial animals on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, offering a clearer picture of how the unique fauna of Earth's "Third Pole" took shape over ...

Researchers believe that although Infernogallus jamesi was a relative of the carnivorous Tyrannosaurus rex, this new birdlike ...