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In my opinion, this kind of ‘science communication’ is more misleading than enlightening because it fails to alert readers to the fact that the topic is actually more complicated and gives the impression that the author...

Guest “Could have used the Extinction Rebellion back then!” by David Middleton, What was going on from 1,000-800 ka that may have nearly wiped out our ancestors? Temperatures plunged, glaciers…

It turns out humans aren’t the only ones checking out what their neighbors are doing when looking for ideas on how to make life easier. All species adapt and evolve in a variety of ways. In fact, convergent evolution is...

… It’s a new horror to scare the kiddies: Animals ‘shape-shifting’ as climate warms: study Paris: Some animals are “shape-shifting” and have developed bigger tails, beaks and ears to regulate their body...

The whale fossil represents a massive change from the Miocene to today in Kenya's Turkana Basin, as the fossil of this sea animal was originally found 740 miles inland and 620 meters in elevation - an indication perhaps of...

We thought the first Homo species evolved in East Africa 2.8 million years ago, but stone tools from Algeria suggest our origins may have spanned the continent

Five years ago, millions of sea stars off the west coast of North America were killed by a mysterious virus that caused the animals to lose limbs and liquefy, with several species under serious threat of extinction...

Dozens of species all around the world are abandoning the day and becoming more active at night, to avoid contact with humans

Two common US fish have evolved different body shapes to help them survive in the fast-moving streams in built-up areas

The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago caused dramatic climate change, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the coming centuries

Researchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 – and that’s not even the worst bit of news

All the green-blooded lizards in the world live in New Guinea, but it turns out the trait has evolved there independently at least four times

A butchered rhino found on the island of Luzon shows early humans were living in the Philippines 709,000 years ago, which may explain the origins of the diminutive Homo floresiensis

Huge sea spiders move excruciatingly slowly, but they can still catch prey animals that move much faster than them – because their prey sometimes crash into the seafloor

Earth’s air suddenly got a lot more oxygen around 1.6 billion years ago and that could have triggered the evolution of large multicellular organisms