A study identifies an unusually lengthy array of tandem repeats found only within the human version of a gene governing calcium transport in the brain

Ancient footprints help researchers date the switch from a crouched to more straight-legged gait

The extraordinary behavior is seen in many species of orchid

Research to raise a few eyebrows: Why expressive brows might have mattered in human evolution

New research highlights that the evolution of these extraordinary animals and other rorquals was also anything but ordinary

Researchers show that the common house spider and its arachnid relatives have dispensed with a gene involved in creating segmented heads, instead recycling leg genes to accomplish the task

Our closest biological relatives, the African apes, are the only animals that walk on their knuckles; CWRU researchers discovered why

Prof. Neil Shubin finds modern-day vertebrates share toolkit that formed fishes’ dorsal fins

Physics and biology meet in a new model of brain development

University of Iowa biologist finds giant virus family and eukaryotes have similar set of genes