Svante Paabo, whose research showed genetic mixing between humans and Neanderthals and Denisovans, to receive nearly $900,000

In extraordinary example of evolution, bee orchids trick male bees into 'mating' with them, to help disperse pollen

Peer-reviewed Israeli research suggests males and females are programmed to prefer different temperatures; keeping the sexes apart curbs aggression, improves evolutionary chances

In his book 'The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy,' released last month, Arik Kershenbaum argues that using earthly evolutionary biology is the best way to picture interstellar life

Archaeologists suggest that as supplies of large animals declined through hunting, early Homo erectus developed the smarts needed to catch smaller, harder to trap prey