The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the ...

Something had to diverge from the trunk eventually.

Biologists have long drawn the animal family tree with a hazy base, unsure which creature first split from the common ancestor that gave rise to everything from jellyfish to humans. Now, a new genomic ...

In the world of paleontology, the biggest bones usually grab the loudest headlines. But ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

California-based berries and stone fruit expert Family Tree Farms is injecting new life into its executive leadership team.

Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body’s health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a picture of the large molecules that are ...

Butterflies closer to the equator have been shown to evolve shared wing patterns faster than their relatives at higher latitudes. That gradient reframes tropical diversity as an active process, shaped ...

Corals may look still, but they follow a daily sleep cycle. New research shows why corals rest at night while their microbes ...

Imagine the first two lines of Whitney Houston's mawkish hit "The Greatest Love of All" on a loop for an hour and a half and you're part way to experiencing Andrew Stanton's decades-spanning ...

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While most cat parents will go to great lengths to invest in the well-being of their best friends, including premium ...