Animals
- Ant study sheds light on the evolution of workers and queens (06 Aug 2018)
- The end-Cretaceous extinction unleashed modern shark diversity (03 Aug 2018)
- Slow but steady: New study sheds light on the brain evolution of turtles (02 Aug 2018)
- How sharks and other animals evolved electroreception to find their prey (02 Aug 2018)
- Big cats in evolutionary arms race with prey: study (02 Aug 2018)
- Genetic evidence that magnetic navigation guides loggerhead sea turtles: Loggerhead sea turtles that nest on beaches with similar magnetic fields are genetically similar (01 Jul 2018)
- How the Squid Lost Its Shell (25 Oct 2017)
- Whales and dolphins have rich 'human-like' cultures and societies (17 Oct 2017)
- How the cone snail's deadly venom can help us build better medicines (11 Oct 2017)
- Genetic evidence points to nocturnal early mammals (06 Oct 2017)
- The first crocodile ancestors (25 Sep 2017)
- Snake eats lizard eats beetle: Fossil food chain from the Messel Pit examined (25 Sep 2017)
- Eyes came before limbs in the transition to land (25 Sep 2017)
- Ancient Gap-Toothed Whale Led to Evolution of Efficient Filter Feeding (12 Sep 2017)
- Researchers sequence entire genome of seahorse, investigate essential mechanisms of evolution (22 Mar 2017)
- Human skull evolved along with two-legged walking, study confirms (22 Mar 2017)
- Tracing the evolution of bird reproduction (19 Mar 2017)
- Early Humans Climbed Down from Trees Gradually (29 Jun 2016)
- Insects were already using camouflage 100 million years ago (25 Jun 2016)
- The unique ecology of human predators (28 May 2016)
- Scientists discover what controls waking up and going to sleep: Simple 2-cycle mechanism turns key brain neurons on or off during 24-hour day (26 May 2016)
- Eye shape reveals whether animal is predator or prey – Physics World (24 May 2016)
- Study of birds' sense of smell reveals important clues for behavior and adaptation (16 May 2016)
- Why parrots are great vocal imitators: Regions of bird's brain likely duplicated at least 29 million years ago (10 May 2016)
- People and primates share chewing adaptations (10 May 2016)
- Tool use is 'innate' in chimpanzees but not bonobos, their closest evolutionary relative (08 May 2016)
- Social brains: Do insect societies share brain power? (08 May 2016)
- Study resolves reptilian family tree (20 Apr 2016)
- Shark's sixth sense aid attacks from below (15 Apr 2016)
- How animals survive Norwegian winter nights (15 Apr 2016)
- Manipulation complexity in primates coevolved with brain size and terrestriality (14 Apr 2016)
- Research reveals trend in bird-shape evolution on islands (13 Apr 2016)
- Study suggests how mosquitoes evolved an attraction to human scent (11 Apr 2016)
- Pterodactyl: Facts about pteranodon & other pterosaurs (23 Mar 2016)
- The roots of human altruism (16 Mar 2016)
- Neanderthals diet: 80% meat, 20% vegetables: Isotope studies shed a new light on the eating habits of the prehistoric humans (15 Mar 2016)
- Magnetoreception molecule found in the eyes of dogs and primates (15 Mar 2016)
- New insights into the family tree of modern turtles (22 Dec 2015)
- Humans evolved to get better sleep in less time (22 Dec 2015)
- Discovery of new fossil species reveals unique binocular vision of the first ancient marine reptile (22 Dec 2015)
- Animal evolution: Revolution averted (22 Dec 2015)
- Spider and centipede venom evolved from insulin-like hormone (11 Dec 2015)
- Rapid evolution of body size enhanced dinosaur and bird survival (17 Nov 2015)
- Researchers tracking the epic Serengeti migration reveal that humans have greater impact than food or predators (28 Oct 2015)
- Capacity to regenerate body parts may be the primitive state for all four-legged vertebrates (27 Oct 2015)
- Measurements of dinosaur body temperatures shed new light on 150-year debate (20 Oct 2015)
- From hummingbird to owl: New research decodes bird family tree (20 Oct 2015)
- 125-million-year-old mammal fossil reveals the early evolution of hair and spines (20 Oct 2015)
- Bats use polarized light to navigate (05 Oct 2015)
- To breathe or to eat: Blue whales forage efficiently to maintain massive body size (03 Oct 2015)
- Marine and terrestrial wildlife haven becomes four million-acre biosphere reserve (03 Oct 2015)
- Brain of world's first known predators discovered (03 Oct 2015)
- Record-breaking tiny Chinese land snails discovered (30 Sep 2015)
- New lineage of prehistoric, plankton-eating sharks discovered (27 Sep 2015)
- Repeated marine predator evolution tracks changes in ancient and Anthropocene oceans (14 Sep 2015)
- Paleo-engineering: Complexity of triceratops' teeth revealed (14 Sep 2015)
- Study of birds' sense of smell reveals important clues for behavior and adaptation (07 Sep 2015)
- New evidence of cultural diversification between neighboring chimpanzee communities (07 Sep 2015)
- Dark plumage helps birds survive on small islands (07 Sep 2015)
- Fossil specimen reveals a new species of ancient river dolphin (02 Sep 2015)
- If humans never existed, Europe would be one giant zoo (26 Aug 2015)
- What drives the evolution of bird nest structures? (21 Jul 2015)
- Shape-shifting frog discovered in Ecuadorian Andes (21 Jul 2015)
- Repeated marine predator evolution tracks changes in ancient and Anthropocene oceans (21 Jul 2015)
- Paleo-engineering: New study reveals complexity of Triceratops' teeth (21 Jul 2015)
- New lobster-like predator found in 508 million-year-old fossil-rich site (21 Jul 2015)
- Exceptionally preserved fossil gives voice to ancient terror bird (21 Jul 2015)
- Can skull shape and function determine what kind of food was on prehistoric plates? (21 Jul 2015)
- Tools and primates: Opportunity, not necessity, is the mother of invention (20 Jul 2015)
- Making oxygen before life (20 Jul 2015)
- Evolutionary constraints revealed in diversity of fish skulls (20 Jul 2015)
- Shrinking dinosaurs evolved into flying birds (16 Jul 2015)
- Scientists report first semiaquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus (16 Jul 2015)
- Ancient Jellies Had Spiny Skeletons, No Tentacles (14 Jul 2015)
- Tooth buried in bone shows prehistoric predators tangled across land, sea (04 Jul 2015)
- Deep-sea octopus broods eggs for over 4 years -- longer than any known animal (04 Jul 2015)
- Insect diet helped early humans build bigger brains, study suggests (01 Jul 2014)
- Mud Crabs Can Hear: Crustacean Behavior Impacted by Predatory Fish Noise (22 Jun 2014)
- Invasive Trap-Jaw Ants Spread in the Southeast (22 Jun 2014)
- Great white shark numbers are surging, study says (22 Jun 2014)