For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in primates. Now, an Oxford evolutionary psychologist who doubted it from the start ...

Humans have caused wild animals to shrink and domestic animals to grow, according to a new study out of the University of Montpellier in southern France. Researchers studied tens of thousands of ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

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Ronan the sea lion can dance to a lot of different songs, but there is something about “Boogie Wonderland,” by Earth, Wind and Fire that really gets her going. It didn’t take more than a few days for ...

Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to ...

Unraveling the mystery of human evolution, thirty-five feet in the air. A chimpanzee female (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) sleeps in a nest built in a tree in Uganda's Kibale National Park. The ...