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Humans have more copies of a possibly important brain gene than other apes.

The condors feed on carcasses of animals that have been shot, and lead poisons the birds.

Several brain regions, and not just one, are involved in mystical and religious experiences.

A new device in development that uses teardrops to measure the amount of sugar in a person's blood could allow diabetics to forgo painful daily pinpricks.

Scientists have discovered a common type of human brain cell that can transform into other cell types and reproduce indefinitely, tricks once thought exclusive to stem cells.

The discovery of a rapidly evolving DNA section in humans could help explain why our brains are so much bigger than chimps.

Global warming and not natural variations in ocean cycle are to blame for stronger hurricanes, according to a new study.

A new study can't say if low testosterone levels are causing the deaths, but the research links the two.

The United States comes ranks lower than 32 other countries when it comes to public acceptance of evolution.

Scientists get rare glimpse of 500-million-year-old unborn creatures using a new imaging technique.

Add baby bats to the small but growing list of creatures that babble before they can fully communicate.

A new service that measures radio signals beamed between your cell phone and cell phone towers could soon help speed up your commute.

It's not Jurassic Park, but scientists have reconstructed a 530-million-year old gene by piecing together key portions of two modern genes descended from it.

Europe's mountains are getting taller, and melting glaciers are partly responsible, according to a new computer model.

Predatory chimps and large cats are more likely to target small-brained prey that are less capable of escaping attack.

Men unconciously raise or lower their vocal pitch depending on who they're talking to.

LISTEN IN: Scientist records a female Physocylus globosus letting the male know what he should be doing.

The human eye transmits visual data to the brain at about the same speed as two computers can share data.

Our immune systems might already be effective in protecting us against small doses of venom from certain snakes and insects without any outside help.

The largest collection of Pleistocene human footprints in the world reveals adults and children hoofing it every which way.

A suite of genes involved in fish fin development also plays a role in the development of paired limbs in land animals.

Scientists extract intact bone marrow from the remains of ancient frogs and salamanders.

Your keen eyesight can be traced back to an arms race between snakes and early primates, according to a radical new theory.

Scientists are working to create molecules that can seek out and deliver drugs to cancer cells by taking proteins by tweaking proteins that are naturally found in the body.

The same triangular wing-shape found on many modern fighter jets was used by a small reptile living 225 million years ago to glide between trees, a new study suggests.