A new study by plant biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, challenges a longstanding idea that stems from ...

A new evolutionary study reveals that masturbation is common among bird species and is a natural part of avian biology. Researchers say the behaviour is widespread, healthy, and not a sign of stress ...

How did the first ancient fish leave the water and learn to walk on land millions of years ago? Scientists think they have ...

Many scientists point to cultural evolution, the process by which knowledge, customs and technology spread over time. But ...

When my editor first asked me if I’d be interested in investigating the link between N.B.A. height doctoring and what I can ...

By Will Dunham June 4 (Reuters) - The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory ...

The reclusive subterranean rodents, often studied for their cancer-fighting biology, backfill their tunnels to regenerate ...

A study published last November in Science confirmed what many observers of digital politics have long suspected: feed ...

What he said was this: ‘The reason evolution works is that it has quite a loose fitness function.’ ...

The history of an extinct cave lion has been revealed through new genetic analysis by scientists in Sweden and Cardiff.

Many people are overwhelmed by the fast-paced evolution of mass communication in a world increasingly shaped by the internet ...