A new scientific review tackles an age-old question: could dogs ever learn to talk? While barking out full sentences might ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

From controlling fire to decoding DNA, humans have achieved levels of adaptation unseen in nature. Biologists call this a “cultural evolution loop,” where ideas evolve faster than genes. This feedback ...

Scientists tested two species against each other to see which was more likely to fall for an optical illusion.

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

From being branded as primitive brutes to misunderstood geniuses, Neanderthals have long been misrepresented. Fossil and ...

When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

Hominids experienced lead exposure as far back as 2-million years ago, new research finds, challenging the theory that the ...

Bad actors are increasingly weaving artificial intelligence into their existing operations, according to OpenAI’s latest ...

A simple change in species composition can impact the course of evolution: A research team from the University of Bern and ...

Thirteen master’s and Ph.D. students studying biodiversity at the University of Wyoming have received $47,500 in grants from ...