This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

Researchers found genetic differences that likely resulted from humans killing aggressive bears, leaving docile individuals ...

What's the value of one animal? When a wild animal is found badly injured, the most humane option is often euthanasia to ...

Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number ...

The monogamy rate in humans may be higher than you expected... but we do it in a strange way compared to other animals.

The extent to which humans are monogamous has long been subject to debate. One scientist says studying sibling genetics gives a clear answer.

Humans are far more monogamous than our primate cousins, but less so than beavers, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England analyzed the proportion of full ...

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: With more than 100,000 people in need of an organ transplant in the U.S. alone, scientists have turned toward perfecting human-animal chimeras as a ...

When it comes to animals romancing in the wild, things get weird—really weird. Some animals offer bizarre gifts, some put on daring dances, and others? Well, let’s just say things get really messy.