The very first humans millions of years ago may have been inventors, according to a discovery in northwest Kenya. Researchers ...

Since 1988, twelve identical populations of E. coli have been evolving in the same lab — over 75,000 generations and counting ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

Ohio’s only bee survey will continue after Ohio State received its annual grant funds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has granted $1.3 million to be used to continue research at Ohio State, Mark ...

Water anoles are remarkable creatures. Perched along the banks of steep waterfalls in the forests of Panama and Costa Rica, ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

Have you ever wondered how some life forms keep going in places so cold we’d call them frozen? Places humans wouldn't dare ...

In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.

In our modern society, aging tends to be something we ignore, and then try to avoid. Mainstream culture is geared toward the ...

Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal announced on Saturday a personal investment of $25 million to launch Continue Research, a scientific collective focused on extending healthy human lifespan through ...

A giraffe's long legs aren't just for height, they save energy by reducing how hard the heart works to pump blood upward ...

Ancient snakes once possessed four limbs, but evolution dramatically reshaped them. A genetic 'switch' called the ZRS ...