Despite not having a brain, jellyfish sleep for around eight hours a day, just like humans according to a new study.

Researchers have found traces of what appears to be plant-derived poison on tiny stone arrowheads from South Africa dated to ...

Tom Shearman, whose wife, Fionnghuala, daughter Eve, 7, and son Ohner, 4, died in a house fire in Gloucestershire, England, ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

It would be easy to envy bats, bears and hedgehogs their seasonal torpor, but research has suggested that humans once ...

The white-handed gibbon comes closest to humans in the study, with a monogamy rate of 63.5%. It’s the only other top-ranked ...

Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a new study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve.

According to recent research, humans may have a new touch-related sense that allows us to detect buried objects without ...

This French Bulldog watched his humans pet the cat, then awkwardly decided to try it himself, and the result is hilariously ...