More than 2,500 alien plant species could find suitable conditions in the Arctic, especially in northern Norway and Svalbard.

Fossils from China's Chengjiang beds reveal that early vertebrate ancestors, jawless fish called myllokunmingids, possessed four image-forming eyes. These ancient creatures, dating back 518 million ...

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

Scientists discover a 518-million-year-old ancestor with four eyes. Study shows how this ancient jawless fish evolved into the modern human sleep gland.

The bony facial protrusion might be an evolutionary byproduct that resulted from changes to other parts of the skull, according to a new study ...

A new study explains how climbing down trees helped shape upright posture in early primates and changed the course of evolution.

In addition to some development projects, forest fires, invasive species, monoculture plantations, and large-scale diversion of forest land for various non-forest purposes are some of the serious ...

While sharks may have emerged before trees, it’s the latter that holds the title of the longest-living organisms. The oldest-known, still-living, individual tree is a 4,857-year-old Californian ...

Imagine zooming out on a giant family tree that includes every bird you have ever seen. Ostriches sprint across open plains, ...

Scientists from several countries have identified a new dinosaur species called Foskeia pelendonum, a very small plant-eating ...