“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than ...

A deep-rooted population structure emerged, suggesting modern humans, Homo sapiens, are the result of a population that split ...

India is home to four distinct bear species: the Sloth Bear, Asiatic Black Bear, Himalayan Brown Bear, and Sun Bear. These ...

Dr. Ashish K. Jha is dean of Brown University School of Public Health and a contributing Globe Opinion writer.

Galápagos songbirds are changing their ways, getting bolder and singing louder, because of human noise. Warblers near roads ...

Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer than ...

The Galápagos yellow warblers on the more populous island of Santa Cruz also increased the duration of their song when ...

Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild South China ... they could become the fourth subspecies of tiger to go extinct. The large yellow-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulata ...

A familiar plot in movies and soap operas is that of the good twin and the evil twin. They can be twins as well, but the idea is the same: either by accident or evil intent, one of the twins will ...

What would you do if you were approached by a silverback mountain gorilla? Watch the amazing footage of this close encounter.