Three groups of cicadas have emerged together this year for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. The reason is pure mathematics.

New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing process.

It’s not easy to tell when a dynamic system, filled with life, might reach a point of no return.

A new Australian coelacanth find has revealed a surprising force behind the slow evolution of these ‘living fossils’.

Even OpenAI is worried about people developing intimate relationships with the new human-like version of its language model-cum-chatbot. But it should have known the risks.

Vast amounts of space rocks litter our Solar System, and sometimes land on Earth’s surface. There are many things we can learn from them.

For dolphins, childish play may be useful practice for adult life.

The bigger the brain, the better we are at finding fruit. But is that true? A new study on wild primates refutes this idea.

Male proboscis monkeys are known for their large, bulbous nose appendages. It’s a strange feature to evolve – with new research shedding light on their unlikely origin story.

The extinction of the dinosaurs sparked an explosion of bird species, according to the largest-ever study of bird genetics.

Cane toads are evolving as they spread across Australia. Parasitic lungworms are becoming more infectious to keep up.

Being susceptible to visual illusions is part and parcel of life not just for humans, but many other species – including bees.

A newly described fossil from South Australia is making waves in our understanding of where and when whales evolved titanic body sizes.

For decades, scientists have tried to uncover the cause of long-term changes in Earth’s biodiversity. New simulations point at geography playing a critical role.

‘Assembly theory’ aims to explain evolution without biology. Is it a dazzling breakthrough or an attempt to answer questions nobody asked?