The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

In most cases, evolution is a pretty slow process, taking hundreds if not thousands of years—but when humans enter the ...

Bite force, a measure of the strength of an animal's bite, helps researchers understand a species' role in the ecosystem.

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Even a boneless, gelatinous sack lacking a dedicated anus and brain needs its beauty sleep, a new study by researchers from ...

Red does not make bulls angry. Science shows they react to movement, not colour, debunking myths and revealing how instinct, ...

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

In the forests, grasslands, and tropical forests, wild animals often encounter naturally fermented food. Natural fermentation ...

Researchers study house sparrow genetics to understand survival, evolution, and how species respond to environmental change.

For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in individual armor and produce far more ants. Larger colonies then ...