Coccyx (Tailbone): A vestigial remnant of our ancestral tail, and considered useless. However, the coccyx is still an ...

The Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) project aims to sequence the genomes of all animals, fungi and plants found in Great Britain and Ireland—some 35,000 in total. That is a colossal undertaking whose first ...

“Just like bees, they visit flowers to get nectar. Although they hunt, the prey is for their offspring, it’s not for the ...

Humorist Joe Pisani gets to the sole of the matter when it comes to why he's traumatized by the public display of feet.

From devout creationist to presenter of the BBC's Human series TV explorer Ella Al-Shamahi has been on a remarkable personal ...

An international study challenges the widely held belief that specialisation with sea anemones alone explains the diversification of clownfish. Using ...

A timeless question has always fascinated scientists who study the past. Which comes first, the new behavior or the physical ...

The book outlines the rivalry between Carl Linnaeus and Georges-Louis LeClerc due to their differing intellectual approaches ...

Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.Year after year, whole sections, topics, and names are altered ...

Several paragraphs were missing in another chapter in the book, called ‘Diversity and Discrimination’, including those about ...

Greg Graffin, evolutionary biologist and lead singer of pioneering US band Bad Religion, talks music and rebellion ...

Data from a new study suggest that the nature of pain symptoms among those in chronic pain likely evolved to cultivate ...