It may seem like a complete contradiction, but evolution can sometimes also mean involution. This is the case for two marine ...

Selective breeding has dramatically transformed dogs over the last 100 years, often at the expense of their health. Modern ...

“Imagine each species’ genome is a book, and each little DNA fragment is a sentence,” Rohwer said in a press statement. “Each sample has hundreds of books, all cut up into these sentences. To ...

Field-defining discoveries can come from new and unexpected places,” palaeontologist Natalia Jagielska told IFLScience.

Two new studies offer insights into the evolution and development of external ears, which appear in humans and other mammals ...

Neurobiological emergentism” explains how sentience—the subjective feeling aspects of consciousness—developed in ancient animals that evolved the first complex neural systems.

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...

Humans are the only mammals with long hair on their heads. Scientists look into what drives this unique feature.

Discover the fascinating world of ancient sea creatures with a punk rock twist. Learn how these spiky mollusks revolutionized ...

For people, the freeze and snow have brought most things to a standstill. But wildlife natives like cypress trees and prairie ...

Darwin wasn't the only scientist who thought females couldn't be promiscuous. Angus John Bateman had very similar ideas.