Researchers are using large language models to decode the communication patterns of animals.

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

Killer whales are one of the most intelligent animals; only humans have a larger brain relative to their body size, according ...

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the only existing members of the human family tree. However, our evolutionary journey began around 6 million years ago and gave rise to at least 18 species, ...

Hobbits hunting tiny elephants. Cavemen hunting each other. Science can tell us a lot about our past — namely, that it took plenty of trial and error to get modern humans. Here's what we know about ...

From antiquity to modern times, the city has been rife with creatures that creep, slither, scurry and nest among its pillars ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Florida wants you to kill as many of the invasive Burmese pythons as you can during the 10-days contest in July. But you ...

Nature’s least loved animals are dying fast. This could make the environment stinky and pathogens unstoppable.