Exploring How Human Evolution Continues to Shape Our Future While we have a fairly good grasp on how humans have evolved up ...

Study of COVID origins and other viruses finds no prehuman adaptation, suggesting pandemics begin through exposure, not evolution.

As the pandemic wore on, I became fascinated by how people’s attitudes toward it were changing. I wanted to learn more about ...

Artificial intelligence capable of predicting viral evolution months before dangerous variants emerge, next-generation antivirals designed to overcome limitations of current COVID-19 therapies, and ...

At this point, avian flu H5N1 is thought to have very limited ability to transmit between humans, but a recent case in ...

Cholera-causing bacteria are locked in an evolutionary arms race with a viral nemesis, according to a new genomic study.

Normally, that kind of out-of-the-blue text from a friend wouldn’t faze me. This time, my eyes bugged. The unprompted text ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every corner of the world, and can thrive in deserts, tropical rainforests and even ...

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

Hedgehogs, elephants, pangolins, bears or fennec foxes: many wild species are sold as pets, hunting trophies, for traditional ...

A study warns that new pathogens could cause pandemics more likely than known viruses, shifting the focus of scientific research ...

No law currently exists to protect you from being discriminated against because you are not an autonomous, artificially ...