Evolution

Birds are living dinosaurs, but can they help us understand how their extinct relatives moved?

Some wild female bonobos introduce their sons to desirable females—then make sure their relations won’t be interrupted by competing males. Karen Hopkin reports. 

Are they the first animal embryos? 20 years post-discovery, these and other fossils from the 600-million-year-old Doushantuo Formation remain frustratingly enigmatic

A study found that only a small percentage of bird beak shape variation is dependent on diet, with other factors like display and nest construction probably playing parts too.

A new study offers a surprising look at what happened when fishy fins evolved into arms and legs

Chewing gums discovered in western Sweden contain the oldest human DNA found in Scandinavia. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Frances Arnold, the Caltech scientist who shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, says evolution can show us how to solve problems of sustainability.

A new analysis of fossil beasts adds a new wrinkle to the story of when the Age of Mammals really took off

Fossils found in New Mexico reveal a carnivorous dinosaur from before the time of T. rex

The rainbow of pigments that animals use for blood illustrates a central truth about evolution

Many animals once thought to have poor sight in low light use tricks in their nervous systems to see brilliantly in the dark

New device is a step toward translating thoughts into machine-spoken words