Latest Evolution Stories
A primer to the primal origins of humans on Earth
Why Can Humans See In Color?
These fossilized lamprey hatchlings disprove an age-old evolutionary theory
Your favorite brunch foods are thousands of years old
A geomagnetic curveball 42,000 years ago changed our planet forever
Neanderthal genes are still helping humans today
This ancient fish-crocodile mashup snared its prey using a key adaptation
How humans have adapted to the harshest environments
It’s a cosmic miracle that life on Earth’s lasted this long
There’s a right and wrong way to be bored
Dire wolves are actually ice age mega-foxes
Why everything eventually becomes a crab
Why do cats purr?
How the COVID-19 pandemic might end
This biologist wants to help slime molds creep into all our hearts
Dinosaurs may have evolved into birds, but early flights didn’t go so well
Evolution made mosquitos into stealthy, sensitive vampires
What hundreds of pickled frog carcasses can tell us about their enormous eyes
These buff frogs never skip arm day
New Guinea singing dogs still roam the wilderness
Goofing off is good for kids—here’s the evidence
Humans owe our evolutionary success to friendship
Humans have partnered with sled dogs for 9,500 years
Lefties aren’t as weird as you might think
Why your body looks so weird
Animals have mysterious ways of finding their way back home
No one knows what a perfect night’s sleep actually looks like
This ‘crazy beast’ is unlike any mammal we’ve ever seen
Why we evolved to feel empathy during pandemics and other disasters
This timeline shows just how insignificant humans are
Rhinos pay a painful price for oxpecker protection
An ancient bit of yarn suggests Neanderthals were super crafty
Social distancing works—just ask lobsters, ants, and vampire bats
These spiky frog skulls look more like dinosaur fossils
Meet the highest mouse on Earth
Pablo Escobar’s invasive hippos could actually be good for the environment
The narwhal’s giant unicorn horn might help them find mates
Fish gave us legs—and four other finny facts
Watch tiny tadpoles breathe by ‘bubble sucking’
We might have started kissing to share chewed up food (and other delicious facts about smooching)
This ancient bony fish was a sexual pioneer
Meet the Azawakh, the latest breed to enter the Westminster Dog Show
Did humans truly domesticate dogs? Canine history is more of a mystery than you think.
Most humans don’t have tails. So why do we have the bones for it?
If monkeys could speak, they’d probably be trolls
See how birds change their tunes to fit their surroundings
For some African grey parrots, sharing is caring
The ‘granddaddy’ of all early hominins walked on Earth a lot longer than we thought
Monkey mouth sounds could push the evolution of speech back by 27 million years
Why do some animals engage in same-sex sexual behavior? The better question is… why not?
A controversial new study claims Botswana may be the origin of modern humanity
We may finally know why we can’t regrow limbs like newts and toads do
The weirdest things we learned this week: moving corpses, birth control placebos, and the story behind the hymen
The asteroid collision that changed life on Earth forever—without killing the dinosaurs
How some fish are adapted to thrive after catastrophic hurricanes
Panic might be triggered by signals from your bones
Motion sickness is proof that your body is functioning as evolution intended
Evolution doesn’t work the way you think it does
This three-foot-tall parrot proves New Zealand is the mecca of giant weird birds
This ancient predator had claws like rakes and a body like a spaceship
Everything you need to know about shark bites
Gorillas can be cliquey, too. Here’s what that says about our own social lives.
Natural selection can’t explain this bug’s bizarre horn
Scientists are still straightening out the history of zebra stripes