Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

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

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

Nations Trust WNPS Monthly Lecture An overview of the plants & animals on this magical island Thursday 19 March 2026, 6.00 pm, Jasmine Hall, BMICH In the first part of this talk, Author-Photographer ...

Roughly 425 million years ago, in the warm seas over what is now southern China, there lived a meter-long bony fish with jaws ...

Indigenous people in Papua, Indonesia, have helped scientists track down two animals that were thought to have gone extinct thousands of years ago: a relative of Australia’s greater glider and a ...

DNA analysis reveals a fanged frog scientists thought was one species for nearly 200 years is actually several hidden species ...

Three tiny Purgatorius teeth found in Colorado are helping scientists trace how early primates evolved and spread across North America.

AWI recently released new and improved versions of A Consumer’s Guide to Food Labels and Animal Welfare to help compassionate consumers purchase more humane food options. This guide includes ...

Scientists may have been dramatically undercounting the number of vertebrate species on Earth. A large analysis of more than 300 studies suggests that for every recognized species of fish, bird, ...

Common names for animals are often easier to remember than their Latin names, but they can often lead to confusion. Here are ...