Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

We made three attempts to capture a jaguar after arriving at Fazenda Bodoquena in Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul state, on a ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life.

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

While most of us know baby horses are adorable, the majority of people don’t realize the process involved in equine ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones, marking the start of a new era of ...

This paper aims to critique the argument constructed by Anna Smajdor and Joona Räsänen that pregnancy is a disease. Their argument that pregnancy fits the features of disease they enumerate stems from ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

A gene that turns on very early in embryonic development could be key to the formation of the placenta, which provides the ...

Support for women's autonomy in both arenas increases significantly with a rise in educational attainment. Almost nine in 10 citizens (87%) say girls who fall pregnant or have children should be ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new suite of statistical methods that dramatically improves the ability to pinpoint DNA changes responsible for important traits in ...