Seasonal allergy sufferers are being hit with more pollen over a longer season due to rising temperatures alongside extreme ...

Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought, according to an ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

If you’re a human living on this planet, you should get to know Doug Tallamy, the entomologist and University of Delaware ...

“Squirrels are remarkably good at what they do,” said John L. Koprowski, co-author of the book “North American Tree Squirrels ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

If you go walking in the wild, you might expect that what you're seeing is natural. All around you are trees, shrubs and grasses growing in their natural habitat.

In some circumstances, scattered trees contribute to the viability of threatened species populations in agricultural landscapes by providing important nesting, roosting and foraging habitat and ...