Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...

Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

A genetic analysis reveals that Fiji’s iguanas are most closely related to lizards living in North America’s deserts. How is ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources, ...

Evolution is the process of heritable change in populations of organisms over multiple generations. Evolutionary biology is the study of this process, which can occur through mechanisms including ...

This word has appeared in 29 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence? By The Learning Network This word has appeared in 26 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year ...

Ange Postecoglou is on the brink after Liverpool smashed Tottenham to knock them out of the Carabao Cup and Aston Villa eased them out of the FA Cup three days later. Which poor sod will be left ...

In the weeks since his inauguration, Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders intended to undermine progressive law and, in some cases, the foundations of constitutional democracy itself.

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Cerebral dysfunctions give rise to a wide range of neurological diseases due to the ...