Researchers have reexamined the skull musculature of coelacanths, a lineage of fish dating back 400 million years, and discovered that many anatomical structures had been previously misidentified. The ...

Our knowledge of ancient literature comes to us through the hands of scribes. The works of Aristotle, Galen and Ptolemy ...

This northern California gem nestled in the Sacramento Valley offers a pace of life that feels like a deliberate rebellion against the rushed existence that defines much of the Golden State.

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than ...

Ant-eating mammals evolved independently over a dozen times since the fall of the dinosaurs.

Enzymes known as kinases play a critical role in cell growth, metabolism and signaling in a multitude of organisms across the ...

An international team has remapped the evolutionary relationships of butterflies found across South and Central America to help monitor and support biodiversity.

Selfishly/curiously/embarrassingly, my belated first instruction to ChatGPT requested: “Chat, review Steve Bostrom’s columns ...

In the arid shale beds of western India, scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil that tells the story of a prehistoric snake that once ruled the landscape. Named Vasuki indicus, this massive ...

Paleontologists identified a new ancient reptile appendage. And, how fast did dinosaurs run? A longstanding equation for dino ...