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

The study, led by paleogeneticist Edmund Moody from the University of Bristol, claims that LUCA may have emerged 4.2 billion ...

Australia's burrowing echidna evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor in an "extremely rare" biological event, scientists said ...

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

New research suggests that octopuses and humans may share an ancient evolutionary connection that helps explain the ...

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

Persian cats and pug dogs evolved nearly identical flat faces due to human breeding. This convergence makes them look similar.

This next-gen forensic science, called investigating genetic genealogy, or IGG, helps track down criminal suspects through ...