EVOLUTION

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.

Take a deep dive into our darkest impulses to find out why humans love watching horror movies, enduring scream-worthy haunted houses, and otherwise getting scared out of our minds.

Unable to run away, plants have developed some vicious defense mechanisms.

"Selection always comes at a cost, which is death, basically."

Warning: We cropped most of the holes from the honeycomb image, but the story contains a photo of a dried lotus seed pod.

Scientists date the intriguing hominin remains to 335,000–236,000 years ago—and find three more bodies.

Environmental turbulence during the Ice Age created three different lineages of western spotted skunks.

There’s evidence to support both sponges and comb jellies' claim to the title, but the latest research, published in the new journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, lands hard in favor of Team Jelly.

You're probably aware of some vestigial body parts, like wisdom teeth, that the human body doesn't really need. But did you know there are several muscles in that category as well?

The next time you’re feeling less than brave, remind yourself you’re already one of nature’s great success stories.

It's been a big year.