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Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some ...

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

Cutting-edge digital fossil-mining reveals early squid evolution, diversification, and importance in marine ecosystems.

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Vienna has uncovered new insights into how ...

Have you ever wondered why human ears are built the way they are, and how they came to be? Science has yet to fully uncover ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

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The discovery of a fire ant nest at Tweed Heads on the NSW far north coast has prompted a quick response from authorities.

Compact ruddy galaxies seen by the James Webb telescope confound astronomers. Having very little spin at birth may explain the galaxies’ small sizes.