A fast-moving ancient crocodile ancestor gets a name honoring the physics teacher who inspired its discoverer.

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

An international research team, including VUB data scientist Yannick Jadoul, has shed new light on the rhythmic nature of sexual behavior in bonobos. By precisely analyzing the tempo of movements ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Birds are not just related to dinosaurs they are dinosaurs. Fossil discoveries over the past few decades have revealed a remarkable evolutionary transition from feathered theropods to modern birds.