Some lives seem to belong less to a nation or a profession than to a disposition. George B. Schaller’s was one of them. He ...

A new study from Finland reveals the harms of transgender medicine and suggests that mental problems may be a cause of gender ...

Natalia Jagielska, dinosaur researcher, illustrator and scientific consultant, explains how women are under-represented in ...

Detailed imaging of a 250-million-year-old fossil has revealed the first proof that the ancestors of mammals laid eggs. The ...

On the shores of the west coast of Australia lies a window to our past: the stromatolites and microbial mats of Gathaagudu ...

For the first time, paleontologists have discovered a 250-million-year-old fossil egg containing an embryo ...

Scientists have achieved the unthinkable by stabilizing a highly reactive molecule in water, confirming a decades-old theory ...

A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth's history, and answering a ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...

In the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: ...

A study of more than 10 million siblings suggests that firstborns are more likely to be autistic and have allergies, while ...