Among extant genes known to have originated among Denisovans are sequences common in Tibetan populations that help the body ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first human case of bird flu in Oregon, on Friday.

While human cases are rare, the virus's ability to jump species raises concerns about ... marking Canada’s first confirmed human case of the H5 strain. Authorities announced the news on Saturday ...

Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

Our ancient evolutionary cousins on Flores represent a unique lineage who lived during a time multiple human species were spreading ... s identity was the first big mystery. Archaeologists Wahyu ...

The 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped a South Carolina medical lab this week are among the most studied animals on the ...

Sibert and Red Cloud, black-footed ferret siblings at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, are ...

A breakthrough fossil discovery is changing what we know about some of the largest mammals to ever walk the Earth.

Explore the ancient legacy of the aurochs and how climate change and human influence shaped its journey from wild beast to ...

Humans have been using the rhesus macaque ... Credit: AP/John Raoux The first study on the species was published in 1893 and described the “anatomy of advanced pregnancy," according to the ...

Executive Director, Whole Planet Initiative (WPI), Margaret Adebukola Adekola, has announced the launch of a biological ...