More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...

Most people see fruit flies as a nuisance. A scientist at Washington State University Vancouver sees them as the key to understanding evolution.

What species will become the next rulers of Earth when humans are no longer dominant? Which creatures might inherit the throne?

In the intricate tapestry of nature, few threads are as overlooked—yet vital—as insects. For Professor Michal Segoli of ...

As the disease rapidly evolves, questions continue to rise: what is the bird flu? Why is this different? What can we do?

The progression of the species-jumping disease has been unprecedented, including the first-ever U.S. cases of infections in ...

The progression of the bird flu in America since 2021 has been unprecedented, including the first-ever cases of infections in dairy cattle and raising heightened pandemic risks.

This week, counsellor and author Lucy Cavendish advises a reader who is fed up of her husband's absence from their family life ...

Bats in the noctilionoid group, like Darwin’s finches, have evolved an impressive variety of jaw and tooth adaptations to ...

New research shows sea turtles, penguins and whales swim at optimal depths to minimise the energetic cost of travel.