A genetic change that boosts a cell's aerobic capacity while also protecting it from excess stress could explain how horses became such powerful athletes, according to a new study in Science.

A study published March 27 in the journal Science finds that a unique and ancient spate of genetic mutations was key to the ...

Volcanic ash in Turkey has unlocked the precise ages of key fossil sites—reshaping what we know about mammal evolution and ...

Anatolia, the western part of modern-day Turkey that sits at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, is a fossil-rich ...

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a ...

Each lizard is unique. Some have longer legs, others stronger jaws, and all behave slightly differently. The differences ...

Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long ...

Rather, other species tend to use a combination of the half-bound and some form of galloping (the gait that horses, cats and dogs ... that and will be informed by key fossil discoveries from early ...

At the Atapuerca archaeological site in Burgos, Spain, the oldest human in Western Europe was discovered for the third time, ...

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...