evolutionary

Teams of mountaineering mice are helping advance understanding into how evolutionary adaptation to localized conditions can enable a single species…

New Cornell University research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats’ wings and legs is tightly coupled, which…

For decades, researchers have observed that rates of evolution seem to accelerate over short time periods — say five million…

Mammals are defined by how and what we eat every single day of our lives. It is no wonder then…

Giant tree-like cactuses called saguaros in Arizona, USA Susan E. Degginger / Alamy The following is an extract from our…

Every time you nod along to your favorite tune or chit chat with a friend, an intricate system is at…

A team of international researchers has uncovered a surprising genetic mechanism that influences the vibrant and complex patterns on butterfly…

Is it in the way we live, laugh and love? Or maybe it is our dislike of cheesy clichés? Deep…

One of just two vertebrates without a jaw, sea lampreys that are wreaking havoc in Midwestern fisheries are simultaneously helping…

Over 500 million years ago, a taco-shaped marine organism named Odaraia swam up from the bottom of the ocean and…