New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, according to a new University of Cambridge study that includes a table ranking ...

It’s important to remember that we humans are simply animals. A very advanced species, but members of the animal kingdom ...

Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be something more biologically innate driving your acoustic choices: A new ...

Sexuality and gender are often at the forefront of cultural and political debate today. In his new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern ...

Endangered brush-tail rock wallabies raised in captive breeding programs carry antibiotic resistance genes in their gut bacteria and may be able to transmit these genes into wild populations, ...