Humans have shaped the planet like no other species. Our influence really has an impact on Earth, but what would happen if, ...

A gene variant present in most people might have contributed to cognitive differences between humans and their closest ...

A supercomputer simulation reveals that extreme heat, volcanic activity, and harsh conditions could drive humanity extinct.

A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language in humans. When put in mice, it changed the way ...

Ancient stone tools that were discovered in the Tunel Wielki cave in Poland around 50 years ago have been re-examined and ...

Learn how the extinction of dinosaurs around 66 million years ago caused seeds to grow larger, filling in an important piece ...

A new simulation predicts that, Earth will become uninhabitable due to extreme heat, volcanic activity, and a superheated ...

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA.

Scientists have found evidence that a sudden event in ancient forests gave rise to humankind’s early ancestors. The indirect ...

How Thomas Jefferson’s quest to prove America’s wildlife was bigger and badder and better than anywhere else led him to face ...

All organisms in an ecosystem are interconnected, and any imbalance in this complex relationship can have irreversible consequences for both humans and ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?