The dinosaur lineage has provided us with some of the most truly terrifying animals to ever walk the planet. But we eventually learned that all birds are actually theropod dinosaurs. Looking at ...

For years, we suspected that Alvarezsaurids underwent a rare process of evolutionary miniaturization directly coupled to a ...

Kim Frisbie writes that the island's gardens need native plants because native insects depend on them. Adding them can attract birds and butterflies.

The genus Gracixalus belongs to the family of Old World Tree Frogs and is geographically dispersed from Myanmar and western Thailand to Laos, Vietnam, and further to southern China. Despite the ...

Your body is a living museum of evolution, carrying within it the remarkable story of our species' 6-million-year journey from tree-dwelling primates to ...

Though previous research has shown that bird populations are declining across North America, a new study is the first to show that the pace of loss has picked up speed since the mid-1980s in three ...

In 2026, two tiny marsupials that were long written off as extinct were found alive in one of Earth's most remote and biodiverse regions.

Researchers discover how woodpecker skull geometry keeps powerful pecks stable, allowing the birds to hammer wood thousands of times safely.

Researchers are uncovering the evolutionary steps that set the stage for dinosaurs to rule the planet Amy McDermott, PNAS Front Matter Paleontologists have found early examples of theropods, the group ...

There's a difference between knowing that something evolved and understanding why it stuck around. Most of the systems running your body right now weren't designed for the life you're actually living.

At a quiet street intersection in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, the imposing figure of a pine tree is only outweighed by the massive collection of sticks and twigs carefully placed on its branches ...

Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.