Category: Biology

For decades, biologists have held onto a powerful idea: if you’re a strong, well-fed mammal, your best evolutionary bet is…

For generations, the story of human evolution has been told as a steady climb toward dominance. We imagine our ancestors…

Walk through a pine forest on a summer day, and you will notice the scent long before you see the…

Twenty-four million years ago, in what is now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a volcanic crater lake quietly held the remains of plants…

Deep in the rugged landscapes of Boodjamulla National Park in northwestern Queensland, a fossil has been uncovered that whispers of…

For centuries, fossils have been humanity’s window into the deep past, preserving the shapes of creatures that roamed the Earth…

The history of life on Earth is a tale of epic migrations, evolutionary leaps, and surprising origins. A recent discovery…

When we think of nectar, most of us picture delicate blossoms brimming with sugary liquid designed to lure bees, butterflies,…

In the rugged expanse of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, a fossil skull shimmered from the sandstone like a hidden gem. Resting…

Sometimes, science begins with the simplest of observations—or even an accident. Years ago, zookeepers in the United States noticed something…

Rome was more than marble temples, gladiatorial arenas, and marching legions. It was a living, breathing society filled with laughter,…

More than four thousand years ago, along the fertile plains of the Indus River, a civilization rose to prominence that…

In the quiet fossil beds of South Wales, near Penarth, a story has been waiting to be told for over…

In the frozen soils of North America, fragments of a long-lost world have been waiting. Fossilized tusks, teeth, and bones…

Humanity has always been haunted by questions of time. When we stumble upon an ancient spearhead buried in the soil,…

For many people, contraception is a faithful companion through years of planning, love, intimacy, and responsibility. It provides the freedom…

There are few experiences in life as deeply personal, as heart-shattering, and as misunderstood as miscarriage. For many, the discovery…

Eighty-five million years ago, the Earth was restless. The Cretaceous period, a time famous for its dinosaurs, was also an…

Imagine walking along the rugged coast of Devon, the salty air whipping across your face, when your eyes fall upon…

In the quiet suburb of Frederiksberg, beneath the old greenhouses on Rolighedsvej, a pair of dusty bottles sat hidden for…

Few creatures capture the imagination quite like the coelacanth. For decades, it was thought to have vanished forever, its last…

Earaches have been a universal human experience across cultures and generations. Few conditions are as common—and as misunderstood—as otitis media,…