This potentially all-female burial site opens up new questions regarding Homo naledi’s culture and social structure. If the ...

With bright feathers that look painted on, colorful birds are typically pretty and charismatic poster species for ...

Earth's worst mass extinctions occurred when environmental change outpaced evolution, revealing a pattern spanning 450 ...

The US Endangered Species Act compels the government to identify species at risk of extinction and devise plans to restore ...

Scientists analyzed proteins from the teeth of at least 20 Homo naledi individuals and found no male markers, suggesting a ...

Scientists have developed a gene-editing technology that could one day wipe out the world's deadliest animal: the mosquito.

A unique cache of plant fossils from volcanic deposits in New Mexico contradicts the common narrative that flowering plants ...

Every year, species disappear forever. But sometimes, nature delivers an astonishing surprise. Across remote islands, deep oceans, mountain forests, and hidden valleys, scientists have rediscovered ...

India has emerged as a global conservation success story, with all five of its wild big cat species recording population ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ...