How Mohamed Noor, SMʼ95, PhDʼ96, uses science fiction to help students engage.

The mysteries of coloration, revealed.

New fossil analyses upend the old story about sloth evolution.

Two experiments reveal the genetic connections between fins and digits.

University of Chicago paleontologist David Raup, SB’53, died of pneumonia July 9 in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. He was 82.

First detailed analysis of the woolly mammoth’s DNA reveals how it adapted to Arctic life.

Professor Matthew Stephens discusses statistical variation and repetition.

The discovery of two species suggests greater variety of the earliest mammaliaforms.

In his new book, anthropologist Russell Tuttle synthesizes decades of research to identify the characteristics that set our species apart.