A deep excavation in Indonesia has uncovered evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, ...

Discover evidence of ancient hominins coexisting with early humans in Indonesia 200,000 years ago. A groundbreaking find for ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.

Study shows ‘how closely connected animals and humans are’, researchers say, as animals startle more easily after smelling ...

The Sumatran rhino looks like it wandered out of another era and somehow got lost in the present day. Smaller than its ...

Researchers believe mosquitoes in a part of Brazil where they would once have targeted a wide variety of creatures to feed on ...

An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the earliest known members of our genus.

A tracking study of two species of sea turtles that nest in the Red Sea revealed the importance of foraging areas and ...

Cape honeybees can requeen themselves, map landscapes and make collective decisions. Their intelligence offers lessons for ...

An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new ...

NASA's plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts ...

Our thoughts are an ever-changing swirl of fears, feelings, desires, impulses, memories and body sensations that interact to ...