Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

Humans appear to be set apart from much of the animal kingdom, even if we do say so ourselves. While we often credit our survival to superior intellect and our hyper-competitive spirit, a new study ...

The next step is to build a sleeker model that’s easier to manipulate, scientist say.

A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to ...

Ronan the sea lion can dance to a lot of different songs, but there is something about “Boogie Wonderland,” by Earth, Wind and Fire that really gets her going. It didn’t take more than a few days for ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Since the Middle Ages, the size of wild and domestic animals has largely been shaped by human selection: domestic animals are increasingly larger; wild animals increasingly smaller. During the 7,000 ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...