Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.
In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life forms ...
If the Sun were very different, we wouldn’t be here. A shorter-lived star wouldn't provide the opportunity for humanity to develop, a star that was more erratic would regularly fry us, and stars in ...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, there are quite a few Star Wars fans among biologists. These ones have used their opportunity to name a new species to make reference to their beloved franchise.
Slaking is living the dream. In Pokédex entries for multiple regions, it is called "the world's laziest Pokémon" — a giant ...
Study finds that the mass extinction caused by an asteroid about 66 million years ago led to critical changes in bird genomes that ultimately sparked the incredibly diversity living birds. Shortly ...
"Insanity is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche Something feels profoundly wrong with our world, doesn't it? That constant knot ...