Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...

The giraffe’s gut microbiome is made up of a variety of bacteria and fungi, and is largely determined by the giraffe’s ...

A new book details how lignin once protected algae from UV radiation, then later in evolutionary time became a structural ...

Cloud forests are biodiversity hot spots and crucial water sources. But climate change and deforestation are shrinking their range, new data show.

Paleontologists have discovered Retymaijychampsa beckerorum, a 237-million-year-old crocodile-like reptile in Brazil, ...

A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.

Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions ...

The newly identified Snake River Plains ground squirrel was discovered to be a genetically distinct species after research and DNA analysis.

Fast-evolving DNA gives human neurons greater complexity than chimps, aiding cognition but also increasing disease risk. A ...

The newly identified Snake River Plains ground squirrel was discovered to be a genetically distinct species after research and DNA analysis.

The award provides graduate students with science policy training and the opportunity to meet with congressional policymakers ...