A fossilized larva dating back over half a billion years has been discovered with its brain, digestive system, and nerve ...
The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...
A fossil uncovered by chance on a remote beach in northern England has revealed one of the most extraordinary creatures to ...
Large phytoplankton blooms north of the Hawaiian Islands have been seen in satellite imagery as vast swirls of color nearly ...
From broad cheekbones and a flexible back to a small prefrontal cortex, here’s everything an anatomist thinks makes the ...
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin recently received support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to ...
In 1989, paleontologist Darren Tanke suggested that similar breaks were the result of mating as one dinosaur mounted the ...
Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But ...
UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear ...
From the Cambrian to the present, the evolution of the world fauna of aquatic free-living arthropods has followed patterns of logistic growth in specialization and diversity among its constituent ...
When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...