In a finding that guarantees a rewrite for science textbooks everywhere, scientists have discovered that contrary to long-standing theory, multi-celled animals developed from something similar to stem cells.
Read moreA deep-sea fish uses a glowing tendril below its mouth and a row of transparent buzz saw teeth to improve its hunting skills, ocean researchers revealed Wednesday.
Read moreResearch published Tuesday raises questions about mankind’s cosmic origins. Not an attempt to credit ancient aliens, but instead an elegant examination of how cosmic rays from dying stars may have set off a chain of terrestrial events to create the conditions for our ancient ancestors to walk upright.
Read moreA recent study takes a deep dive into the history of the humble apple, yielding some remarkable information on one of the world’s most well-known fruits.
Read moreTeeth can weather a lot, even 800 millennia in a cave. A batch of them – along with prehistoric fossils found in a cave system – have led scientists to a stunning new conclusion: Modern humans likely began breaking away from our Neanderthal relatives 800,000 years, much earlier than previously thought.
Read moreIn the dark world of the deep sea, being able to discern prey from predator can mean life or death for fish. Now researchers have learned how certain fish adapt and thrive in this harsh environment: They can see in color.
Read moreThe tiny Gulf killifish has adapted to killer toxins in the Houston Ship Channel in Texas, thanks to a genetic variation and a bit of luck, according to a new study.
Read moreResearchers studying wild tomato plants in Peru have found understanding the plants’ evolutionary defense mechanisms could reveal the key to reducing pesticide use worldwide.
Read moreA 520-million-year-old fossil resembling a flower is the great ancestor of modern-day comb jellies, jellyfish-like sea creatures that cast a rainbow-like effect as they propel their way through ocean waters.
Read moreThe origin of feathers occurred 70 million years earlier than previously thought, according to an international team of paleontologists.
Read moreLife as a Neanderthal was no picnic, but a new analysis says it was no more dangerous than what our own species faced in ancient times.
Read moreThe key to understanding how ancient fish species diversified may be to look in shallow seas before moving on to other habitats, a team of scientists concluded in a new study.
Read moreBony ray-finned fish with sharp teeth nibbled on other fish in the sea about 150 million years ago, according to researchers who say the newly discovered piranha-like creature presents the earliest evidence of fish feeding on other fish.
Read moreA new analysis of fossilized teeth discovered in Italy is providing researchers with a broader understanding of the complexity of human evolution around 450,000 years ago.
Read more(CN) – Moths that have evolved to be a paler color are less likely to be eaten than the darker
Read moreScientists at the Natural History Museum of Utah on Thursday revealed the discovery of fossils belonging to a bony-tailed dinosaur with armor-like skin that walked the earth 76 million year ago.
Read moreStone tools recovered from an excavation in China suggest that our evolutionary forerunners trekked out of Africa earlier than we thought.
Read moreOrganisms on Earth about 600 million years ago did not suddenly grow large because they were fighting for more food, but because they were trying to propel their offspring farther into the world.
Read moreA city in southeastern Tennessee held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for the grand opening of a renovated museum dedicated to the Scopes “monkey trial,” the famous 1925 case that turned into a showdown over creationism and evolution.
Read moreResearchers have discovered the fossils of two new species of ancient saber-toothed predators that will help illuminate a key period in the early evolution of mammals.
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