A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

Remarkable research has unlocked new understanding of the mysterious ways trees communicate and share knowledge with each ...

The number of species does not increase evenly when going from local ecosystems to continental scales—a phenomenon ecologists ...

Professor Emily Jane McTavish and colleagues at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have mapped the evolution of every known bird ...

Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.

However, according to a new study led by Professor Gemma Harvey from Queen Mary University of London, there is more to all of ...

Chimpanzees are often cast as a mirror to our darkest tendencies, embodying violence, territoriality and power struggles. In ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scientists have grave concerns. Swathes of scientific data deletions are ...