Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

Otto and co-author Sean Edgerton, a PhD student focused on genomics and infectious diseases at the University of British ...

A new review of Triassic fossils from Germany reveals rich tetrapod diversity and links to modern biodiversity and climate ...

Long before the asteroid hit Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs, many mammals had already started living on the ground, ...

H9N2 avian influenza virus (AIV) is a low-pathogenicity virus endemic in poultry populations across Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Africa, with sporadic detection in the Americas and Europe.

Contrary to popular belief, the rise of land mammals may not be solely linked to the disappearance of dinosaurs. A study ...

In fact, social monogamy is extremely common in birds and somewhat common in mammals, while sexual monogamy is vanishingly ...

The Siwaliks, part of the outer Himalayas, span Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bhutan. Fossils found here reveal a rich ...

Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

Newly discovered fossils from the Himalayan foothills offer groundbreaking insights into the evolution of ancient carnivorous ...

New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct.