EVOLUTION

Wondering how to stop a baby from crying? Unfortunately, the answer doesn’t involve sinking into your comfiest armchair.

Scientists are making ancient French grape vines less susceptible to diseases—and less likely to cause hangovers—through gene editing.

Some wolf puppies will retrieve balls for perfect strangers, suggesting that the species may be genetically predisposed toward the adorable behavior.

The paleo diet recommends eating low-carb foods like our ancient ancestors if we want to reach optimum health. But it turns out that early humans in the Paleolithic era dined on more than just meat.

Why aren't elephants and giraffes the size of brontosauruses and other dinosaurs that we know were enormous?

There's a genetic reason why you can (or can't) smell asparagus pee.

All that stood between them and better stone tools was a little hill. And yet.

Perhaps most disturbing of all is the baby head poking out of the sculpture’s marsupial pouch.

The enzyme has the potential to be improved even further.

They named it <em>Vaderlimulus tricki</em>.

It's the thinnest part of the skull … which is why Maori warriors crafted a special weapon to crush it.

Almost all primates eat fruit, even if it's just a little. A lack of it might be the reason why lemurs exhibit un-primate-like behavior like hibernating.