The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the planet ...

Discover what sets human culture apart from animals, as evolutionary insights challenge old beliefs and reveal our unique ...

Learn about three species facing extinction due to an alarming decline in their populations and the unique reasons for that ...

The Hamilton scientists were able to map a CWD prion, the misfolded protein that causes the deadly brain disease, to the near-atomic level.

Zoe Jewell was working in Zimbabwe in the 1990s when a harsh reality dawned on her. The female black rhinos (Diceros bicornis ...

Get ready to explore one of Africa's most notorious insects: the tsetse fly. These tiny flies may not look like much, but they play a major role in spreading sleeping sickness, aka human African ...

At CBD COP16, bold calls to action were underwhelmed by weak pledges and glacial decision-making and moments of inspiration ...

Later, when describing the discovery in the journal Nature, the team named the new species Homo floresiensis [PDF]. This ...

Recent years have seen a vast amount of multi-omics data related to brain development emerging, with rapid advancements in ...

Families affected by public debt say they've been made to feel 'sub-human' after struggling to pay things like council tax or rent. David, who is married with four children and in full-time ...

This week, in what is his final study, McGrath makes another key contribution to the field of genetics—one that may have implications for the evolution of a new species. The findings were ...