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

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

Alien creatures may feel like pure fiction, but some of their most disturbing traits already exist in nature. Parasitic ...

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

A mass mating event in the lab reveals how yeast cells choose partners - and what predicts the success of their offspring.

Published on A study by UNIGE and EMBL shows how differences in tissue mechanical properties shape the diversity of forms ...

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

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

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

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, ...

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 ...

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