Staff reporter at The Trail Cam, covering Wildlife.
A new study suggests that the rise of potatoes in the Andes may have left a lasting mark on human DNA, with Indigenous Peruvians carrying exceptionally high numbers of a starch-digestion gene.
A 240-million-year-old reptile discovered in Brazil is revealing what evolution looked like just before the rise of dinosaurs and crocodiles.
A team of international researchers has found evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice on Earth, suggesting that life may share one ancient genetic code but have undergone two separate transitions into free-living existence.
A new study suggests that genetics alone may not explain how ants, bees, and wasps evolved their complex social colonies.
A new book explores the complex and gradual process of dog domestication, revealing the extraordinary diversity of dogs that arose during roughly 15,000 years of shared evolution with humans.
A 236-million-year-old fossil has provided evidence that a mammal ancestor was giving birth to live young, potentially rewriting the story of mammalian birth.
Scientists search for 1.7-billion-year-old fossils to understand the emergence of complex life on Earth and its potential elsewhere in the universe.
Researchers have discovered that dozens of animal species possess enzymes capable of breaking down microbial bioplastics called PHAs, a talent once thought to belong only to microorganisms.
Scientists at the La Brea Tar Pits have discovered a new extinct amphibian species, the Ice Age spadefoot toad, which provides surprising new clues about how dramatically Los Angeles' ancient climate changed.