As artificial intelligence advances, some scientists are exploring its potential role in guiding animal evolution. Could this ...

While not the oldest fossil of an octopus ever found, it is one of the most complete and best preserved. It is now kept in the Musee de Paleontologie de La Voulte-sur-Rhone where ...

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

A new study analyzes the evolutionary history of 11 deep-sea species from environments stretching from the central Indian ...

In many animals, skin coloration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In ...

Although almost certainly still encased in fleshy lobes, appendages could have helped support or even propel the animal in shallow water or mud flats. If so, it changes our view of the evolution ...

Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal kingdom: how they work, why they've taken the form they have, and the ...