
Animals
Scientists Say: Primate
Primates are mammals that tend to have big brains, forward-facing vision, fingernails and flexible hands and feet.
Primates are mammals that tend to have big brains, forward-facing vision, fingernails and flexible hands and feet.
The newfound deep-living species tunnels belowground using a whopping 1,306 legs!
Humankind’s closest cousins in the animal kingdom may look similar, but in terms of behavior, they’re polar opposites.
These soft-bodied critters lived in abandoned shells about 500 million years ago, a new study suggests.
A fossilized family gathering of long-necked Mussaurus from 193 million years ago is the earliest evidence yet of herd behavior in dinos.
Our history began looking ever more complex once geneticists revealed our ancestors picked up new DNA as they traveled across time and continents.
The complex search to identify humans’ most distant cousins is long, complex and far from straightforward. It’s also far from over.
The tree of life — evolution — has been reshaping how scientists name and classify organisms. Some want naming to reflect evolutionary groups even more.
Scientists are using genetic engineering and cloning to try to bring back extinct species or save endangered ones. Here’s how and why.
A bone crucial for lift-off was stronger in hatchling pterosaurs than in adults. The baby reptiles also had shorter, broader wings than grown-ups.