The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a ...

The company now says that three genetically modified gray wolf pups are dire wolves. But the two males (called Remus and ...

Discover the most complete fossil of Mixodectes pungens, shedding light on early mammalian evolution, its arboreal lifestyle, ...

A bizarre ancient life-form, considered to be the first giant organism to live on land, may belong to a totally unknown branch of the tree of life ... organisms within the four kingdoms of fungi, ...

The fossil expands the Denisovan's known range by thousands of kilometres and provides new insights into how this species ...

the student researchers used cutting-edge computer technology to analyze genetic sequences and build phylogenetic trees for organisms including lampreys, sharks, ray-finned fish, birds and humans.

Using genetic evidence, researchers propose that these iguanas made the extraordinary voyage by rafting on floating vegetation, possibly composed of uprooted trees or plants. For decades ...

This suggests that the iguanas rafted 5,000 miles across the Pacific from western North America to reach Fiji -- the longest known transoceanic dispersal of any land animal. Iguanas have often ...

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central, and South America, including the marine iguanas of the Galapágos and the ...