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

A. The formulations of Lorenz and Tinbergen -- The comparative method in studying innate behaviour patterns / K.Z. Lorenz -- B. Some criticisms of the views of Lorenz and Tinbergen -- Is modern ...

Human behavior may have influenced the evolution of new strains of COVID-19, new AI models suggest. Vaccination and immune pressures from previous infections are known to cause the emergence of new ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

Trying to understand human behavior (a basic feature of our species, shaped by natural selection) without understanding evolutionary principles would be like trying to understand the details of a car ...

Researchers find Apennine brown bears evolved into a smaller, less aggressive animal after centuries of coexistence with ...

Scientists have long wondered whether evolution would follow the same path if history had a chance for a “do-over.” New research suggests that it does, when it comes to the brain and its regulation of ...

A new study has mounted perhaps the most intricate, detailed look ever at the diversity in structure and form of bees, offering new insights in a long-standing debate over how complex social behaviors ...