Latest Biology News & Discoveries

The Massive Green Blooms Choking the West Are Functional Dead Ends

The Real-Life ‘Hobbits’ Disappeared 50,000 Years Ago. We Finally Know Why

7 Million Years Ago, This Tiny Ape Stood Up—And Changed Our History Forever

Scientists Thought This Creature Was a One-Off—Then They Found Its Match Halfway Across the Globe

Scientists Resurrect Millions-of-Years-Old Enzymes to Solve the Mystery of Cannabis

The Marine Heat Wave That Traveled 2,000 Kilometers and Sank to the Deep Ocean

We Thought Flowering Plants Had a Double Genomic Advantage. We Were Wrong

Millions of Years Ago, Japan and the Americas Were Connected—By This Microscopic Shrimp

Only 21 Species on Earth Can Do This, and Colorado is Home to Four of Them

Why Your Brain is Hardwired to Make Mistakes—And Why That’s a Good Thing

The “Shower Analogy” Explaining Why Cancer Treatments Fail

How AI Is Mapping the Human Brain Better Than We Can

Can AI Discover the “Theory of Everything” in Physics?

Why Some People Are More Resilient to Stress Than Others

The Neuroscience of Focus: Why Your Brain Struggles with Multitasking

This “Dinosaur-Killer” Crocodile Was Lost for 80 Million Years—Now It Stands Face to Face With Visitors

Scientists Looked Inside a Hagfish—and Found a Sensory System No One Expected

Scientists Bring a 1.5-Million-Year-Old Human Face Back to Life – You Won’t Believe What It Reveals

Scientists Found Elephant Footprints in Coastal Dunes—and They’re 125,000 Years Old

The First Humans to Leave Africa Might Not Have Been One Species After All

Scientists Discover Why Ants Are Choosing “Squishability” Over Strength

This Sea Anemone’s Genome Reveals Secrets of Evolution You Never Knew

This Tiny Fossil Skull Solves One of Evolution’s Longest Mysteries

These Feathered Dinosaurs Had Wings but Couldn’t Fly — and Their Feathers Finally Gave Them Away

Scientists May Have Discovered a Whole New Human Species in South Africa

Scientists Thought These Dinosaurs Were Miniature Adults—Then Their Bones Told a Shocking Story

Scientists Discover Giant Sea Predator Lurking in Ancient Rivers

Your Microbiome Just Got a Health Score and It May Explain More Than You Think

Scientists Discover Polar Bears Are Rapidly Rewriting Their Own DNA as the Arctic Heats Up

Cats Have Been Hiding a Secret Identity Code — and It’s in Their Purrs, Not Their Meows