A 1.5-million-year-old skull fossil from Gona, Ethiopia now has a virtual face, thanks to digital reconstruction.

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

Scientists uncovered a rare toxic algae behind mass marine deaths in South Australia and warned similar blooms may appear ...

Doctors in Brazil discover and confirm that a woman has blood with male chromosomes, a rare case of human chimerism.

Researchers created a new kind of cancer drug that can grab a mutant protein while also carrying a second hit against the ...

Scientists used mtDNA to confirm what many researchers had long suspected: the Chinese “dragon man” Harbin skull belonged to ...

Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...

"Dark photon" theory says light's interference patterns may emerge from quantum particles, not waves, upending centuries of ...

Researchers find that altered Homer1 gene signaling quiets brain activity and improves attention in mice, raising new ...

Scientists uncovered a rare toxic algae, Karenia mikimotoi, behind mass marine deaths in South Australia and elsewhere.

Disrupted sleep schedules may change breast tissue and immune function, helping aggressive breast cancer grow faster.