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

Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary ...

A group of over 80 Canadian academics is urging the federal government to halt the importation of endangered macaque monkeys ...

On an un-named headland above a beach on the Cape south coast we find tracks everywhere, but will we find the holy grail of our adventure: human footprints?

The scientific name of the coconut is Cocos nucifera. This specific epithet, “nucifera,” means “nut-bearing” in Latin, aptly ...