“Burns are a uniquely human injury. No other species lives alongside high temperatures and the regular risk of burning in the ...

All life on Earth shares a common ancestor that lived roughly four billion years ago. This so-called "last universal common ...

Orcas are born with powerful bodies and sharp teeth, but they are not born knowing how to hunt. Here’s why they depend so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sun's distance from Earth allows it to be habitable for life. DrPixel/Moment via Getty Images A popular model of evolution ...

Biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have released the first broad-scale, comparative, fine-grained analysis linking the amplitude, or volume, of a bird's song to its vocal frequency, ...

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...

Same-sex behaviors seem to be common among rhesus macaques. Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Humans aren’t the only creatures engaging in same-sex sexual activities. To date, ...

AMES, Iowa — A scientist frequently found on annual lists of "most influential," "living genius," and "the world's top thinkers" will speak at Iowa State University. Richard Dawkins, evolutionary ...

In honor of Darwin Day Feb. 12, CU Boulder evolutionary biologist Daniel Medeiros explains what we get right and wrong about Darwinism For evolutionary biologists, the big day is imminent. No, not ...