This year was another full of discoveries in human evolution that help us understand our origins and our closest evolutionary cousins, both living and extinct. With stories of our living ape relatives ...

A breakthrough study has identified the genetic risk factors that contribute to increased prostate cancer in African men. The ...

From indestructible tardigrades to body-merging comb jellies, animals can teach humans so much about medicine, robotics, ...

This interbreeding between species left an indelible mark that remains present in our current DNA. Between 50,500 and ...