Goldfish and their wild relatives, crucian carp, can survive for days, even months, in oxygen-free water at the bottom of ice-covered ponds

Why this plant family has a unique way to make such an important chemical building block is a mystery that extends back to the 1960s

The discovery helps round out the picture of a creature that scientists now know shared the landscape with modern humans—and probably other hominin species—between 226,000 and 335,000 years ago

The map of dog breeds, which is the largest to date, unearths new evidence that dogs traveled with humans across the Bering land bridge

Brain size in primates is predicted by diet, an analysis by a team of NYU anthropologists indicates

First-of-its-kind study helps answer major question about development and evolution in males versus females

For a plant, the evolutionary pathways to becoming a carnivore may be limited, researchers say

The research is a major step forward for efforts to study the genetic basis of adaptation and evolution

This suggests that the evolutionary pressure to conserve these resistance genes has existed for millions of years—not just since antibiotics were first used to treat disease

Analysis of the partial fossilized skeleton, investigators say, shows that Lucy’s upper limbs were heavily built, similar to champion tree-climbing chimpanzees