Allopatric Speciation

Some cells are still alive within the dung, and could be used to boost genetic diversity in certain species

For the Clovis people, it was all about megafauna, particularly mammoths

Most of us are familiar with the mammoths in the "Ice Age" movies, but how much do you really know about these creatures? Find out by taking our quiz.

In 2000, archaeologists discovered the 300,000 to 400,000-year-old remains of three ancient elephants along with 87 stone tools at the Pampore in the Kashmir Valley, India.

De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life.

An international team of ornithologists has described a cryptic new species of the bird genus Oceanites from Chile.

Ancestors of Homo floresiensis, the "Hobbit" humans, that once lived on the Indonesian island of Flores, were smaller than scientists had previously thought. The post Hobbit human ancestors smaller than thought first appeared on EarthSky.

Flores island discoveries include smallest known hominin humerus

"Sailors believed they grew underwater at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, and it was thought that male trees uprooted themselves on stormy nights and walked to find female trees, embracing them to pollinate their large flowers."

Researchers say groups of early modern humans intermingled and spread across Africa, not just in the east and south, before moving to Europe and Asia.

New species of dinosaur discovered in Utah may have lived underground, with near-complete fossils indicating they died in burrows.

Three fossilized teeth from a previously unknown species of non-tyrannosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur have been unearthed in northeastern Thailand by a team of paleontologists from Kasetsart University, Mahasarakham University and Sirindhorn Museum.

Fossils from an ice age "spa" reveal a cluster of hot springs kept trees alive in the frozen Alps

Genetic analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal skeletons has uncovered the remnants of three viruses related to modern human pathogens, and the researchers think they could be recreated

Modern biology textbooks assert that only bacteria can take nitrogen from the atmosphere and convert it into a form that is usable for life. Plants that fix nitrogen, such as legumes, do so by harboring symbiotic bacteria in root nodules. But a recent discovery upends that rule.

An international team of paleontologists from The Netherlands, the UK, Argentina, Germany and Belgium applied recently developed methods to measure theropod (carnivorous) dinosaur species diversity. The newly applied method uses both traditional phylogenetic analysis, discriminant analysis as well as machine learning.

Bird flu is decimating species already threatened by climate change and habitat loss.

On a remote tropical island in the Atlantic Ocean, a pair of marooned pirates have been discovered. While they lack eyepatches and cutlasses, the two new species of pirate spider certainly live up to their nautical name, which refers to their habit of violently taking over the webs of other spiders and killing the occupants.

How do whales hear sound? Echolocation and other underwater adaptations help them, but humans may be interrupting their whale songs.

Researchers have sequenced the whitebark pine genome, presenting new opportunities to help the threatened, high-altitude tree endure environmental challenges.