Cleopatra and her kin knew a thing or two about crafting an alluring smoky eye. Now French researchers suggest that the ancient Egyptians' heavily painted eyelids did more than attract admirers ...

Ancient Rome is full of protofascist mythology, much of which was taken up in the twentieth century. Caesar is styled like Mussolini, and Antony and Cleopatra feel a little like Edward VIII and ...

But when did this common tree frog ancestor appear, and when did it diverge into these two separate frog families? A new study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology provides some answers ...

In new research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, we identify Australia's earliest known species of tree frog – one that once hopped and croaked around an ancient lake ...

About 5,000 years ago, a bacterium that was primarily transmitted via ticks made a switch to louse. That may have been a strategic evolutionary opportunity, since the change from tick to louse as a ...

May 21, 2025 • We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and nonfiction titles they picked.