Hollywood loves a good villain. Whether it's aliens, serial killers, or nature itself, screenwriters have a talent for taking ...

Fossils reveal that anacondas evolved their impressive size early in their history and maintained it for more than 12 million years.

The data showed that a dog with a similar weight to a wolf had a brain volume about three-quarters the size of the wolf’s.

Two macaques learned to keep time with various songs, which might point to how humans got their sense of rhythm. But some ...

Speed is fascinating. Whether it’s a cheetah sprinting across the savannah or a falcon diving from the sky, these rapid movements have captivated human attention for centuries. As we explore the ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest living relatives, the apes, may have partly ...

When we consider highly intelligent species on our planet, humans and great apes typically come to mind first. However, dolphins have evolved a sophisticated level of intelligence that rivals, and in ...

Pancreas development in pigs resembles humans much more closely than does the established mouse model. An international team headed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD ...

FILE - Jane Goodall kisses Tess, a female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi, on Dec. 6, 1997. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju, File) Buy Photo The Gazette ...

GÖBEKLITEPE, TURKEY—Dating back more than 12,000 years, the Neolithic site of Göbeklitepe is considered the world’s oldest monumental religious sanctuary. It is famous for its enigmatic enclosures ...

Humans aren’t the only animals with hot tempers. In 2016, ecologist Kristen Cecala and a colleague watched black-bellied salamanders (Desmognathus amphileucus) from Appalachian streams lunge at one ...