Weird History Food is taking a look at the animals we use for our food. Around 11,000 years ago when humans first began trading nomadic lifestyles for permanent communities, they also began to ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered new insights into a key evolutionary question: Why can humans talk when most animals can't?

According to the data considered by its authors—a team from the University of Sussex (UK) and Lund University ...

A nearly complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in Patagonia is helping scientists crack the mystery of alvarezsaurs, a bizarre group of bird-like dinosaurs. The fossil of Alnashetri cerropoliciensis ...

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and ...

Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

From whale songs to lion roars, animals have evolved to stretch their voices across distances so that friends—and sometimes foes—can hear them. Each sound is coded with messages like "Come here!" ...

Have you ever wondered why moose in Alaska are larger than their southern relatives? Have you considered why many Arctic ...

New research shows that the earliest sponges were soft bodied and lacked skeletons, explaining why their oldest fossils are ...

Some animals are born with horns while others shed their antlers each year. But what's the evolutionary purpose?

Increasingly realistic, easy-to-make AI-generated images are a major asset for online scammers looking to trick unsuspecting victims. While past AI-generated scams have tried to deceive people with ...

Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way. But making sounds can be a double-edged sword: it can help them communicate, sometimes over long distances, but it can also reveal them to ...