The staggering array of modern dog breeds is typically traced to the Victorian era. But half of all canine variation was in ...

Ars Technica: The Voyager Golden Record is perhaps the best known example of humans attempting to communicate with an alien species, spearheaded by the late Carl Sagan, among others. But what are the ...

Christine Webb's provocative and moving book The Arrogant Ape explores our unjustifiable sense of superiority in the living ...

How Tim Flach's remarkable images in Feline explores our relationship with cat species and why we find them so cute The post ...

The season is special for more than one reason. With all the twists and drama, the participants are also somebody to look out for. Season 38 of The Amazing Race features a cast full of previous ...

The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, nerve cells, egg cells and sperm to name a few. The division of labour among ...

Although every species on the planet somehow plays a role in maintaining the ecosystem, there are some species whose absence would collapse the entire health of our planet. These creatures may include ...

Claire-Louise Bennett, a leading purveyor of cerebral and largely plotless novels, returns with her third book. By Mark O’Connell Mark O’Connell is the author, most recently, of “A Thread of Violence: ...

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm recount how the first big storm of the year slammed their farm. Family prepares to say goodbye to cheerleader shot at party: ‘No surgery would give her a life ...