Biology

You might have a love-hate relationship with daylight saving time, but research shows that urban wildlife may stand to benefit

New insights into a tiny, tough microbe have huge implications for the search for life beyond Earth

Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of 3D ant specimens

Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent—the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg—which could shed light on the evolution of the orifice

Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment

“Little Foot” is the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found. And now we finally have an idea of what this group of ancient hominins looked like

A new wearable AI system watches your hands through smart glasses, guiding experiments and stopping mistakes before they happen

Interbreeding between Neanderthals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neanderthals and female humans, a new study suggests

The science and the regulations to underpin these tests “just aren’t there yet,” researchers say

Obesity leaves a lasting imprint on fat and immune cells in ways that might make weight regain harder to avoid

A urinalysis shows that these apes ingest significant amounts of alcohol, providing new clues to how alcohol influences the animals’ behavior

A recent study found an unexpected benefit of female caribou antlers: they can function like a vitamin for deer that have just given birth