Alternative splicing exhibits lineage-specific variability, with mammals and birds reaching the highest levels despite conserved intron-rich architectures, while unicellular eukaryotes and prokaryotes ...

Stoneflies (order Plecoptera) rank among the most ancient lineages of winged insects. Beyond their role as key bioindicators for evaluating freshwater ...

Discover the fascinating origins of Indo-European languages and the ancient Proto-Indo-European tongue that connects them all ...

An international consortium involving Newcastle University has announced a major update to the world's biodiversity hotspots.

Our robust Paranthropus cousins thrived in Africa for a million and a half years, making stone tools and sharing the landscape with different Homo species at the dawn of human cultural innovation.

The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century ...

Linguists have developed methods for reconstructing the ancestral language, and refer to it using the label Proto-Indo-European or PIE ...

A 242-million-year-old fossil from Devon reveals unexpected skull and tooth features in one of the earliest lepidosaurs. A newly discovered fossil from Devon has provided rare insight into the ...

Whether strolling through the woods or taking a rest from outdoor labor, autumn is a time when people contemplate the value ...

A ‘tree rodeo’ is being held in New York for the first time, and it’s happening here in the North Country! The competition is geared towards the highly technical work of ‘line clearance tree trimmers, ...

Locals felt the timing showed a disregard for the impact on small, rural businesses and the wider community A 15-WEEK road closure while a water main is replaced will “cancel Christmas” in a village ...