"She is lovely," one person responded. "Lucky you, lucky her. Here's to many years of fun, walks...treats, scritches, belly ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This ...

While not everyone may agree dogs are man's best friend, a special group of them might just be helping pave the way for ...

Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens coexisted and even interbred, leaving behind traces of their DNA in modern humans. In fact, many people today carry small amounts of Denisovan DNA, a ...

Scientists mapping a part of the bottom of the ocean humans haven't properly researched before needed to use robots for their ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

We like to draw a line between humans and animals, a clear divide built on memory, empathy, and invention. But that line ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration.

Ice cores provide important evidence as archival records of global atmospheric composition that has constantly changed.

Research data suggests humans may have nearly gone extinct almost 1 million years ago, but scientists aren't sure why.

Small bands of Homo sapiens made a few failed forays leaving our home continent before the species finally managed to launch ...