Every human voice is acoustically unique. The anatomy and evolutionary history behind that fact turns out to be one of ...

In ‘A Voice in the Wilderness,’ Joseph L. Graves Jr. discusses his scientific journey, how he debates racists, and more.

Science dismissed the wrinkly finger as osmosis for a century. The real answer runs through your autonomic nervous system, ...

Research study reports intriguing findings made through innovative artificial intelligence analysis about yeasts -- small fungi that are key contributors to biotechnology, food production, and human ...

Almost all animal species—including humans—have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells different stories. The lineage and components of blood cells vary widely, and this variety is ...

Macrophages have some startling similarities to amoebae. (RUSLANAS BARANAUSKAS/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) You ...

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most debated concepts in biology: evolvability. The work provides the first ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and use terms like “higher” and “lower” animals. This anthropocentric ...

The answer has less to do with morning people’s discipline than with deep evolutionary history, and a molecular clock ticking ...