The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

The king cobra occupies a singular position in the natural world-one defined not just by its biology but also by an unlikely ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the ...

If you’ve ever seen a group of crows gather around a fallen comrade and wondered why they’re there, you’re not alone. This ...

Has a crucial component to the development of human medicine been hiding under our feet? Auburn University Assistant ...

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

Besides the original cult hit film, the sci-fi franchise Alien Nation also encompasses a TV series and several TV movies ...

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

Evolution is slow, but with the right experimental set-up—and enough time to spare—you can watch nature do its methodical ...

This kind of damage equals hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of economic damage every year around the world. Experts issue warning after spotting troubling species in the wild: 'We've gotten very ...

SFI Research Fellow Anthony Eagan reflects on SFI's new multi-day event, Synthetic Imagination, which launched in September.

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. For a ...