The aptly named resplendent quetzal is prized for its plumage. Golden poison frogs are popular creatures in the pet trade. Pangolin meat is considered a delicacy, and their scales are used in ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull rewrites our understanding of human evolution, scientists have claimed.

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged ...

Across a Swiss meadow and into its forested edges, the drone dragged a jumbo-size cotton swab from a 13-foot tether. Along ...

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted ...

Primatologist Christine Webb argued at a Harvard talk on Tuesday that modern science is often skewed by “human exceptionalism ...

A new study concludes that the speed at which the human brain evolved may help explain why our species experiences autism.

Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising ...