A first-of-its-kind achievement has implanted photosynthesizing cells in animal cells to make “planimals.” This feat could be ...

A new study from the University of Arizona reveals that color vision in animals evolved around 500 million years ago, much ...

A recent study finds that color vision evolved in animals more than 100 million years before the emergence of colorful fruits and flowers. And there has been a dramatic explosion of color signals in ...

An unusual sea slug with a large hood, a tail with fingerlike projections and glowing bioluminescence has been found living ...

Scientists have observed a type of cell division in a prehistoric unicellular organism that resembles the embryonic development seen in animal embryos, hinting that embryonic processes may have ...

Like humans, early trauma can have negative impacts on later life in animals, too. Scientists develop remarkable tool that ...

For 188 years, the king cobra has been represented by a single species, Ophiophagus hannah. But this widely distributed ...

Near a waterfall in Thailand, a pregnant creature with two “externally visible” eggs perched on a rock. Its “large” ...

Scientists may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but ...

For more than 20 years, the Yixian Formation has produced exceptionally preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs, but a new ...

Scientists stress out lab mice, a lot. Inducing chronic stress and anxiety in these furry critters is how scientists explore ...