Dive into the intriguing world of alien evolution! From convergent evolution to the basics of extraterrestrial anatomy, explore the possibilities of intelligent life and how it may differ or ...

Science Fiction often shows us aliens who look much like humans, and suggest this is a result of convergent evolution to useful traits. But is such convergence to the human form or mind likely with ...

At first glance, this mammal looks like a horse gone terribly wrong. But, in reality, Chalicotherium is far from a botched ...

This is the first recorded instance of a bovine using tools from her environment to relieve an itch—leaving scientists ...

Carnivorous plants look like botanical oddities, but their behavior is not a gimmick. It is a precise evolutionary solution ...

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In virtually every piece of land on Earth live springtails that have shaped the health of our planet for hundreds of millions ...

Despite not looking much like one another, many do however closely resemble other species of animals that they are not ...

Socializing at a young age helps to develop greater diversity in their microbiota, according to an analysis of baby-to-baby transmission of gut bacteria.

It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about the behavior or nature and evolution. Now, USC researchers want to add a ...

By the time Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researcher Hans Moravec published his seminal book on robotics “Mind Children” ...