(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...

Scientists in India have identified a new cockroach species, Neoloboptera peninsularis, using a comprehensive integrative ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

Genetic switches near the FTO locus may enable hibernators’ extreme metabolic resilience and could inspire future treatments ...

A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

Political leaders like United States President Donald Trump and business oligarchs like Elon Musk have increasingly suggested that human behaviour and social outcomes are rooted in genetics. Trump has ...

Anyone who has ever been greeted by a wagging tail or an excited leap at the door has likely wondered, do dogs truly love us, ...

Cancer’s strongest gene switches push DNA into damaging overdrive, creating repeated breaks and repairs that may fuel tumor ...

The koala now ranks among a few species observed escaping a genetic bottleneck, in this case caused by overhunting that ...

Faced with extreme drought, these flowers adapted. Scientists call it “evolutionary rescue," and say it's a hopeful sign for ...

Genetic research across multiple studies now points to a clear pattern: populations living in the Andes highlands for ...

Women of Kenya’s Turkana community often walk miles each day in scorching heat to collect water for their animals and ...