An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged ...

Scientists have sequenced the genome of the \"vampire squid from hell,\" revealing it bridges the evolutionary gap between ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

New DNA evidence reveals that the cats of ancient China were not what they seemed.

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

Paul Sutter explores how ancient creation myths and modern cosmology answer the same questions, framing the Big Bang as a scientific creation story rooted in observation and theory ...

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

7,000-year-old DNA from Sahara skeletons reveals a mysterious lineage with no connection to any modern populations.

New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills ...

Chimpanzee calls activate key human brain voice regions, revealing ancient neural links that may reshape our understanding of language origins.

The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and ...

Researchers spent four years analyzing to rule out natural wildfires. Geochemical tests showed temperatures had exceeded 700 degrees Celsius.