The study shows that UV colors are widespread in snakes, and may play a significant role in evading predators such as birds.

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A group of scientists have discovered the jaw bone of an ancient human species that lived about 1.4 million years ago. The ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains. This carnivorous origin story has become so entrenched that few questioned it: our ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...

Today’s Gen Z is redefining English by introducing new words and expressions that reflect their unique social and digital ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian ...

New fossil evidence from a Spanish cave suggests an unknown prehistoric human population once lived in Europe.