Researchers at Vidyasagar University in Midnapore have identified a new plant species in the Ajodhya Hills and have named it ...

"The pace of change we’re seeing today is unlike anything we know of in the past 66 million years," said ecologist Jack ...

Researchers believe the new species may spend its entire life in the dark zone of their caves where no light reaches, according to a study.

“The hand shows it could form precision grips similar to ours, while also retaining powerful grasping capabilities more like ...

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to scientists. Their study, based on a review of decades of research on ...

A type of mussel found nearly 10 years ago in Randolph and Montgomery county waters has been determined through long study to be a previously unknown species. In 2016, during a routine mussel survey ...

Image compiled from various Creative Commons sources. For centuries, researchers have painstakingly worked to fill out the ...

Uranium dating places the age of the Petralona skull at 300,000 years, revealing a human lineage distinct from Neanderthals ...

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

Traces of the unknown new genome were detected in two teeth and a finger bone of a Denisovan, which was discovered in a Siberian cave. There is not much data available about the appearance of ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a ...

Discover how Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthals – and how they helped make us who we are today. For 400,000 years, Neanderthals thrived across frigid, Ice Age Europe. What happened when Homo sapiens ...