A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare.

The extinction of the largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth may have played a critical role in creating an environment that ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

Scientists discovered that the red stigmas in wind-pollinated trees accumulate anthocyanin, the same compounds that are revealed in autumn leaves after green chlorophyll production slows down and ...

A new study sheds light on the genetic underpinnings of two rare apricot species endemic to southern China—Prunus ...

Any animal’s eye color is determined by its levels of two melanin pigments: eumelanin, which makes brown-black, and ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

Birds-of-paradise have some of the most famous mating displays in the world, but there's more to their colorful rhythmic ...

This time of year just seems to be skunk season, and their pungent smell reminds us that love is in the air, and the skunks ...

P rojections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of ...

Researchers used machine learning models to predict preterm birth risk, identifying linear SVMs as the most accurate, with ...