Two new studies from Project CETI provide the most detailed account of a sperm whale birth ever recorded, revealing ...

Live Science spoke with Herman Pontzer, an evolutionary anthropologist and author of the book "Adaptable," about the science ...

An Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

SAN ANTONIO — Several organizations came together across San Antonio this week to expand programs focused on children, families and veterans. Government Employees Health Association, also known as G.E ...

During California’s worst dry spell in the past 1,200 years, some populations of wildflowers defied the odds to survive the ordeal. Researchers say they now believe these flowers relied on a type of ...

In the long shadow of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, life appears to have bounced back with surprising speed. A new analysis of sedimentation rates suggests that the first wave of marine ...

Roanoke City Public Schools said the school board approved staffing reductions to address a structural funding gap. Chair of Pittsylvania Co. Board of Supervisors lays out vision for county's future ...

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks at an agency town hall Dec. 18, the day after he was sworn in as administrator. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls It took a year, but the Jared Isaacman era at NASA ...

The molecular clock theory posits that genetic changes happen steadily and gradually, offering a reliable means for peering into the past and theorizing when complex life first emerged. However, there ...

Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists discovered that some fluctuating conditions help populations evolve higher ...