While this scenario sounds apocalyptic for us, it's run-of-the-mill for blind Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) as ...

Within every muscle of every living species with a backbone, a protein called myosin tugs on a partner protein to generate a ...

His superpower has always been speaking his mind – and his majestic new BBC show aims to shatter our ideas about life itself. The presenter talks mass extinction, spiders who dream and why people get ...

Why humans have a philtrum, the groove above your lip, explained by an evolutionary biologist — from embryonic face-building ...

Hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor host a broad range of rare and unusual ecosystems. They can be spread far apart, yet ...

Recent findings reveal that ancient dogs in Alaska had a unique partnership with humans, dating back 12,000 years. This ...

The new BBC documentary is so wondrous and awe-inspiring it will make you feel like a child again – and in Chris Packham, it has a presenter for the ages ...

Is there really such a thing as human nature? The answer lies between two old extremes, and getting it right shapes how we face AI, authoritarianism, and climate.

The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they bother.

Life in the wild often comes down to survival, and for many species, survival depends on others. A new global study suggests ...

Have you ever wondered why human ears are built the way they are, and how they came to be? Science has yet to fully uncover ...

The third and final exhibition of Traces of Humanity has arrived in Gibraltar, bringing together local and British artists in ...