For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually ...

The Tree of Life looks simple — until you actually try to navigate it. From sponges and starfish to dinosaurs and humans, this video explores how every living organism connects through evolution.

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

There is a tiny cyclops among your oldest ancestors, and humans share these remarkable ancestral roots with all other ...

Eileen Gu’s gravity-defying success on the snow is often mirrored by the powerful matriarchy that anchors her life off it.

When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal ...

In celebration of International Cochlear Implant Day, Cochlear North America is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 Cochlear Academic Scholarships. This year, eight exceptional students, who ...

What may sound like a spa day for frogs is all part of a global effort to fight the chytrid fungus — the deadly pathogen responsible for what scientists have called the largest disease-driven loss of ...

Can Ben Lamm save the planet? He thinks so. Short, stocky and unassuming with a puckish sense of humor, the shaggy-haired ...

New genomic research suggests our species descended from a deep fusion between two ancient lineages — one of them a mysterious “ghost.” ...

After University of California, Berkeley graduate student Aleksey Maro and integrative biologist Robert Dudley discovered that the boozy fruits chimpanzees eat is the equivalent of two standard ...