When Charles Darwin first proposed how evolution works in 1859, it seemed plausible. Tiny changes stack up over time, eventually leading a species to become something entirely different. Aside from ...

We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards – never an easy task with such fast, agile creatures. Years ago, one of us was in the Bahamas chasing a typically uncooperative ...

Among the many misconceptions about evolution—“it’s only a theory”; “it works for the good of the species”—one is that evolution generates biological perfection. If only! In “The Evolution of ...

At a time when biodiversity is under severe pressure from human activities, understanding how evolution works is more important than ever. A new study about vole teeth, published in PNAS, reveals that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everything that is alive today has evolved, including human beings. Our ancestors evolved many traits that helped them survive in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jacob S. Suissa, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) There are few forms of the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) James T. Stroud, Georgia Institute of Technology and Jonathan Losos, Washington ...