Therefore, it may not have been the evolutionary increase in brain size that led to the slowdown in human development, but the extension of childhood and the three-generation structure that favored ...

A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...

Interestingly, this fossil fills a 70-million-year-long gap in our knowledge between the early bird-like dinosaurs ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.

The slow loris, a nocturnal primate from tropical regions, is often seen as one of nature's "dumbest" animals due to its ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that widespread forest loss has driven repeated colour shifts in insects, providing a ...

Nature's designs often reveal surprising truths about movement. Do rhythmic techniques’ simplicity genuinely conceal the ...

A native New Zealand insect that once mimicked its toxic neighbor has changed color in deforested areas, in a striking ...

The rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the ...

Experts tell us that if humans became crab-like, it would be a slightly horrifying experience. Crabs molt their entire outer exoskeleton, from their eyes to their gut.