Noise pollution is affecting bird behavior across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday.

She says when male and female insects look different, that is called sexual dimorphism – and this can happen in a variety of ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

Long ago, Neanderthals and modern humans interbred. But among Neanderthals, their modern human blood came mostly from their ...

If more human females mated with Neanderthal males than the other way around, over thousands of years you would expect to see ...

Experience matters but are older whales more desirable? Do they have better game?

On Nooitgedacht farm near Kenhardt in the Northern Cape, drought isn’t a crisis – it’s a way of life. But by improving soil health, Charl Saunderson has managed to make his land more resilient and ...

Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

Recovering humpback whale populations are revealing a hidden shift: older males are increasingly outcompeting younger rivals to father calves.

Statistical analysis reveals ancient bone carvings hold complex information rivaling early Mesopotamian scripts.

While the blue whale holds the title as both the largest and heaviest animal ever known, other whale species can weigh ...