For most animals, losing fur would be a death sentence. Hair isn’t cosmetic in the wild, it’s survival gear. It protects ...

Crab-like body shapes evolved independently at least five times, making “crab” more a design than a lineage. MAGA reacts to ...

When one thinks of adopting puppies, the word yoga does not often come to mind in conjunction, but a recent event held by Pip ...

A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.

The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

Life in the wild is never constant; animals adapt quickly if they are to survive. Climate change, the reduction of habitats, ...

We've all been there: watching a movie when suddenly your eyes well up, or hearing a song that sends tears streaming down ...

A genomic atlas of Nematostella vectensis reveals how primitive animals created multiple cell types millions of years ago, ...

Animals have evolved crab-like bodies at least five times throughout history, a process known as carcinization.

Marsupials are a group of mammals that encompass many of Australia's most iconic animals, unique because of their ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.