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Do chitons have brains? What is a brain, anyway?
science

The Secrets Hiding in the Simplest Animal Brains

One researcher thinks mollusks called chitons are more complex than they seem.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 16, 2018
Another <em>Megatherium</em> on view at the Natural History Museum.
bones

A Digital Look at Darwin’s Trove of Prehistoric Fossils

London’s Natural History Museum is putting the naturalist’s haul of skulls, molars, and more online.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 13, 2018
One of a kind?
genetics

How Many Species of Ravens Are There?

It's surprisingly hard to tell.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 2, 2018
Red-eared sliders: cute but trouble.
turtles

Found: A 5.5-Million-Year-Old Ancestor of the Red-Eared Slider

The ancient relative of a popular (but invasive) pet.
Vittoria Traverso February 27, 2018
Don't sleep on liverwort.
science

Reimagining How Plants Began to Take Over the Planet

A series of studies takes a new look at the evolution of early land plants.
Sarah Laskow February 19, 2018
Someone about to roll some dice.
games

How the Design of Dice Evolved Over Time

2,000 years of dicey odds.
Christina Ayele Djossa February 6, 2018
Bhutan's national animal, the Takin, at Motithang Takin Preserve.
Thimphu, Bhutan

Motithang Takin Preserve

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.
The most recently discovered <em>Archaeopteryx</em> fossil is also the oldest.
animals

Found: Evidence That Archaeopteryx Evolved Like Darwin's Finches

When southern Germany was an archipelago, these bird-like dinos may have specialized by island.
Vittoria Traverso January 26, 2018
A close up of the fossilized teeth.
science

Found: A 177,000-Year-Old Jawbone, the Oldest Evidence of Humans Outside Africa

The story of human migration is undergoing a dramatic revision.
Sarah Laskow January 25, 2018
<em>B. hyperboreus</em>, the Arctic rival of <em>B. polaris</em>.
insects

The Unlikely Survival of Bees in the Arctic

A new species has been identified in an archipelago once used for Soviet nuclear testing.
Sarah Laskow January 11, 2018
The golden-crowned manakin is the only known hybrid species in the Amazon.
animals

Found: The First Known Hybrid Bird Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Resistance to crossing rivers gave it the space to evolve into something new.
Vittoria Traverso January 9, 2018
<em>On the Origin of Species,</em> and the origin of the <em>Origin of Species,</em> and the origin of the origin of the origin of species...
darwin

Wishlist: A Book That Evolves Before Your Eyes

Fathom's color-coded version of "On the Origin of Species" changes as you read it.
Cara Giaimo December 15, 2017
Blue-footed booby.
Ecuador

Isla de la Plata

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.
The newly found skull of an ancient relative of giraffes and okapis sheds new light on their evolution.
extinct animals

Found: A Key Piece in the Puzzle of Giraffe Evolution

A new member of the family.
Vittoria Traverso November 2, 2017
Let's try to scratch it out first.
monkeys

Scratching When You're Stressed Might Help Keep You Out of a Scrap

Is there anything monkeys can't teach us?
Vittoria Traverso September 11, 2017
A new study simulated floral evolution to come up with an idea of what the first flower might have looked like.
science

What Earth's First Flower Might Have Looked Like

Scientists are beginning to understand more about floral evolution.
Erik Shilling August 2, 2017