The interbreeding event contributed around 20% of modern human DNA, with these genes predominantly found in regions ...

NAIROBI ― A new killifish species, scientifically known as Nothobranchius sylvaticus, has been documented in seasonal swamps ...

A green pit viper named after Salazar Slytherin from Harry Potter, an unfamiliar snake found in an Instagram post, and twelve ...

According to the results of a massive new synthesis study of over 2,000 publications, which leaves no room for ambiguity or ...

The Victorian palaeontologist Richard Owen incorrectly argued that the human brain was the only brain to contain a small area ...

The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have ...

A study published March 27 in the journal Science finds that a unique and ancient spate of genetic mutations was key to the ...

The trial was part of a small — but growing — group of animal-to-human organ transplants, in a practice known as ...

After a century of decreased sightings, reports of a long-necked water monster the size of a hippopotamus are once again ...

The number of fungi species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has surpassed 1,000, confirming that deforestation, ...

This year's Arctic sea ice peak is the lowest in the 47-year satellite record, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center ...

The eastern bongo calf is classified as a critically-endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...