Intelligent, tool-using, empathetic and self-aware: the distance between humans and other animals is not as great as you ...

Evolution is perhaps the most extraordinary story ever told—a tale spanning billions of years that connects every living thing on Earth through an intricate ...

Some Samoyeds adjust the pitch of their howls depending on the music being played, showing a form of vocal ability they might ...

A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

Zoo Miami’s Ron Magill joins us to discuss his recent retirement announcement, Punch the monkey, what’s ahead for him and lots more on the latest Greg Cote Show podcast Episode 313, out now! There’s ...

This observation – that animal lineages evolve toward larger body sizes – is known as Cope's rule. It’s most prominently seen ...