Differences in the molecular structures explain the different colors of this bioluminescence in different species. This discovery has the potential for new biotechnological applications, such…
If you could travel back in time 100,000 years, you’d find yourself living among multiple groups of humans, including anatomically modern humans, Neanderthals, and Denisovans….
Near an old mining town in Central Europe, known for its picturesque turquoise-blue quarry water, lay Rudapithecus. For 10 million years, the fossilized ape waited…
Guppies, a perennial pet store favorite, have helped a UC Riverside scientist unlock a key question about evolution: Do animals evolve in response to the…
The Penguin Genome Consortium sequences all living penguin species genomes to understand the evolution of life on the ice. An article that presents the first…
74-year-old museum specimen, which once lived at ZSL London Zoo, identified as a new species of giant salamander and probably the world’s biggest amphibian. Using…
For the first time, researchers have measured how the production of algae and the Earth’s oxygen level affect each other – what you might call…
A new study by a University of Arkansas anthropologist suggests feeding habits of an extinct kangaroo species were similar to the modern-day giant panda. An…
Two paleontologists working on the world-renowned Burgess Shale have revealed a new species, called Mollisonia plenovenatrix, which is now considered to be the oldest chelicerate….
By looking into fossil teeth from almost 2 million years old rhinos, researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Cambridge launch a new molecular method…
When the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs slammed into the planet, the impact set wildfires, triggered tsunamis and blasted so much sulfur into the…
The amino acids, a fundamental set of life’s building blocks, may have been adaptive throughout their evolution, suggesting a possible universal biological language. An international…
Study shows Old World monkeys combine items in speech — but only two and never more, unlike humans. The utterances of Old World monkeys, some…
Fossilized flies that lived 54 million years ago have revealed a surprising twist to the tale of how insects’ eyes evolved. These craneflies, unveiled in…
New research on a garden-variety snake in Alberta provides an unprecedented look at how their skulls develop—and may offer new clues into how reptiles…
A progressively drying climate punctuated by variable wetter episodes may have precipitated the transition from our hominin ancestors to anatomically modern humans, according to research…
The first Homo sapiens fossil discovery from Saudi Arabia dates to 90,000 years ago during a time when the region’s deserts were replaced by grasslands….
In the largest study of ancient DNA ever conducted, an international team of scientists has revealed the complex story behind one of the defining periods…