The uvula is nearly unique to humans among mammals. An evolutionary biologist unpacks competing theories for why we evolved ...

A 150-million-year-old bird fossil, Zhengheornis, reveals the first step in the evolution of the short tails seen in modern ...

New research finds that the "silent" mutant male crickets of Hawaii, first observed more than 20 years ago, have now become ...

The evolutionary paths that created snatching forelimbs in insects multiple times moved in a similar direction but didn't end ...

How did the elephant become so big? Why do dolphins have such a huge brain? These are just some of the puzzles that Chris Packham hopes to solve in his new BBC TV series, Evolution. Each episode in ...

Ancient deep-sea organisms suggest movement, sexual reproduction, and complex animal life began earlier than previously thought.

Fire has mesmerized us for as long as we’ve known how to control it. It warms us, feeds us, and lights our homes. But ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.

A 1894 discovery on Java's Solo River, initially dubbed Java Man, has reshaped our understanding of early human origins. Fossil remains, now identified as Homo erectus, have sparked over a century of ...