Katie Hunt

Ape ancestors and early humans likely kissed their friends and sexual partners, according to a new study.

Scientists have recovered RNA from a mammoth carcass preserved in permafrost for 40,000 years. The ancient molecules reveal details about the creature’s last moments.

Analysis of Adolf Hitler’s DNA reveals he may have had a rare genetic disorder that can delay puberty.

A team of scientists is employing a technique used to detect invasive species to search for troops lost at sea.

Archaeologists say a vast and ancient Maya monument reflected how the lost civilization viewed the universe.

Researchers say they have uncovered a case of mistaken identity and found evidence of a species called Nanotyrannus lancensis.

Two teams are set to explore dramatically different theories about what happened to Amelia Earhart. Each believes it’s closing in on the answer.

Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and gorilla-like strength.

Innovative obesity drugs. Quantum computing bits. A cystic fibrosis treatment. The scientists behind these discoveries could be among the 2025 Nobel Prize winners.

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged to an ancestor of the Denisovans and “Dragon Man.”

New findings from the humble pigeon may help in an ambitious project to bring back the dodo, an extinct flightless bird, biotech firm Colossal Biosciences says.

The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth mass extinction, a new study argues.

Bob Ballard is still exploring the ocean seafloor 40 years after discovering the Titanic’s final resting place in the Atlantic.

Climate change is making ocean water more acidic. A new study suggests that a drop in pH could erode sharks’ teeth.

Lab grown models of embryos, made from clusters of stem cells, are getting increasingly complex. Ethicists, regulators and legal specialists are scrambling to keep up with the pace of research.

Prehistoric Neanderthal diets were maggot heavy, a new study suggests

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human settlers first arrived on the country’s two main islands. Now, a Texas-based biotech company says it has a plan to bring it back.

New research reveals the extraordinary lengths Stone Age humans went to in order to get fat on the menu.

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest? New research suggests they are.