The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, ...

A cold-activated protein that mends damaged DNA could play a part in keeping the bowhead whale in tip-top shape.

Built by a subset of Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40k Dawn of War developer Relic Entertainment, Earth vs Mars is out now ...

A large study in pet dogs has uncovered potential new biomarkers of aging that could one day help both dogs and humans live longer, healthier lives. Scientists have long searched for biological ...

Jurassic World Rebirth (now streaming on Peacock, in addition to VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) features amok-running ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

This statement might sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but what if life on Earth didn’t start here at all? For decades, ...

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

Chimpanzees and bonobos structure their social relationships in similar ways to humans, according to a new international study led by researchers from Utrecht University and Universidad Carlos III de ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...