Evolutionary biology

Discoveries The odd ways mammals descend trees and what it means for primate evolution

Mammals descend trees in different ways, and primates stand apart. New research links anatomy, movement, and evolution.

Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries How ants gave up armor to build some of the largest societies on Earth Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries Fossil skulls reveal how well extinct mammals could smell Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Complex life developed much earlier than previously thought, study finds Mac Oliveau

Discoveries 360 million-year-old sea predator found to be smaller and much stronger than once thought Joshua Shavit