In this eye-opening talk, fish paleobiologist Lauren Sallan explains how one of Earth’s most devastating mass extinctions ...

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods—such as octopuses and squid—have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them ...

If someone told you that one of Indiana’s most enchanting experiences involves boarding a boat and floating through a ...

Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it's because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces.

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

This overview traces the evolutionary timeline from the great apes to modern humans, explaining where hominids and hominins ...