Not t everything in evolution has been a good thing. The Dodo has become extinct, together with woolley mammoths and dinosaurs. Our body shapes have changed as we learnt to stand up on our back legs ...

humans, diverged genetically from monkeys about 25 million years ago and lost the tails that other monkeys have. Until now, it was unknown what kind of genetic factor caused great apes to lose their ...

Humans may be paying a price for the absence of a tail. Scientists have found that tail-loss evolution in apes and humans has increased their risk of developing neural tube defects, or birth defects ...

The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they'd like an expert to answer. Kristin, age 11, wants to know why animals have tails. An expert explains. Scientists have found fossils of ...

Losing their kitten features is part of every cat’s growth journey, but the process rarely follows a predictable path. What ...