From quantum computing to deep learning and ancient protein analysis, scientists are revolutionizing how we reconstruct the tree of life. Modern phylogenetic methods now merge molecular, morphological ...

For a quarter century, public health officials have spoken about bats with a kind of nervous shorthand. They are reservoirs ...

Many scorpion species carry zinc and other heavy metals in their pincers and stingers, according to new research.

Only the truest of crabs move sideways. (Paul Starosta/Stone/Getty Images) As you may have heard via a barrage of internet ...

New fossil discoveries in China are rewriting the human story, revealing that Homo longi and early Homo sapiens may have diverged far earlier than believed. High-resolution scans of million-year-old ...