It seems that by lacing their nests with cigarette butts, several species of birds have learned to keep pests and parasites away.

An Archaeopteryx fossil with soft tissue reveals flight features and offers fresh support for Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with ...

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Research from Poland adds to evidence from Latin American countries that compounds in used cigarette butts ward off parasites ...

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of ...

How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.

On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...

Charles Darwin University vice-chancellor Scott Bowman has resigned over an accreditation scandal that has impacted almost 300 students. It comes after the university earlier this month admitted it ...

LYNN — Standing inside the reading room of the Lynn Public Library, Saugus native Megan Owens-Finch and Lynn’s Edward Owens-Finch held hands and looked deeply into each other’s eyes as they exchanged ...

Why, each and every year, do scientists, humanists, and scholars from all around the world pay special attention to the life and work of Darwin on his birthday—February 12, 1809? (He was born the same ...