How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is one of today's best science fiction books. While much of the science and math is great, it falls a bit when it comes to evolution.

The third iteration of RnD sent two competitors and an alternate to NST Revelstoke.

This observation – that animal lineages evolve toward larger body sizes – is known as Cope's rule. It’s most prominently seen ...

There is no evolutionary signal suggesting that these viruses were being “pre-adapted” for humans prior to their outbreaks. Instead, measurable changes in selection typically appeared only after ...

For decades, ecologists have known that how a species looks or eats affects its environment. But a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shows that social behavior ...

Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors, according to a new study from Duke University. The findings, published in PLOS Biology, ...

As Pokémon turns 30, a video game inspired by insect-collecting continues to shape how scientists think and teach about bugs today.

Research is shaking up how we think about evolution, suggesting there's a level of predictability influenced by genes and genetic history.

You walk in off Massachusetts Avenue and immediately spot the giant periodic table menu board dominating the wall behind the ...

LMU computational biologist helps uncover how the Amazon molly maintains a healthy genome without sexual reproductionThe Amazon molly is a remarkable ...