A trove of bones, teeth, and more than 1,300 stone tools unearthed at Bianfu Cave offers a detailed look at how these extinct, elusive ancient humans hunted and survived.

Newly sequenced DNA from bones found in the Yukon and Wyoming reveals that despite its slender body, Miracinonyx trumani is more closely related to a different modern-day feline.

Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations — many were more egalitarian. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities emerged.

Exclusionary vs. Inclusionary Populism: Comparing Contemporary Europe and Latin America - Volume 48 Issue 2

When a male pearly razorfish is snatched from the sea, a female is forced to transition their sex too early. Scientists say this may have a wide-ranging impact on the fish’s DNA.

Elaborate courtship, devoted parenthood, gregarious nature (and occasional cannibalism) — earwigs have a lot going for them

Mutualistic partnerships between species abound across nature — but it’s a tricky dance to make sure both parties keep pulling their weight

There’s an urgent need to study how artificial intelligence makes ethical choices because it soon will make many such decisions in our stead, says computer scientist Iyad Rahwan

The findings also reveal that while people in other regions resorted to violence, inhabitants of the Uspallata Valley lived peacefully with migrants during a time of crisis.

Scientists are finding elephant youths respond differently to danger if they grew up without elders.

What the science of self-awareness can tell us about confident decision-making

Scientists are finding elephant youths respond differently to danger if they grew up without elders.

In its quest to feed, avoid nasty substances and just generally live its life, the brainless, one-celled Physarum polycephalum performs some impressive tricks of learning and memory

About 4600 years ago, the population of Britain was replaced by a people who brought Bell Beaker pottery with them. Now, ancient DNA has uncovered the murky story of where these people came from

The Commission wants to boost efforts against biodiversity loss. But that’s dividing Belgium along familiar lines.

Growing more common as climate warms, these once-rare events could ultimately accelerate ice loss

It’s not an open-and-shut case. But researchers are finding out plenty by genetically altering the numbers of these openings, as well as simulating future atmospheres, and more.

A new genetic analysis of teeth from a mass grave in Lithuania reveals hidden illnesses that plagued the French emperor's soldiers during their disastrous 1812 retreat.

Some sixty years after her grandmother discovered “Nutcracker Man,” Louise Leakey unearths his long-lost hand—reviving a family debate about ancient toolmaking.

Scientists estimate chimps’ alcohol consumption for the first time, and find they seem to prefer boozier fruit.

Dredging and pollution devastated the once-bountiful reefs. Careful science may help bring them back.

Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species

In people not adapted to life at altitude, the sparse oxygen can impair fetal growth, causing problems that can last a lifetime. Researchers are searching for remedies.

Mexican tetras that got swept into pitch-black caverns had no use for the energetically costly organs. They lost their eyes in multiple ways — and gained some nifty traits too.

Seven newly discovered stone tools, dating to between 1.04 and 1.48 million years ago, were found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Finally, we can put a face on a Denisovan.