In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...

The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of ...

For thousands of years, spoken language has set humans apart from all other species. The ability to convey complex ideas, ...

New research shows that fluctuating environmental conditions helped chemical mixtures self-organize and evolve in structured ...

A set of fossils discovered in East China's Fujian province has been identified as the only known unambiguous record of ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

London Zoo is in the middle of a baby boom with the addition of six endangered small mammals. Two golden lion tamarin twins ...

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing them and using their corpses to spread.

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