A century after the Scopes trial, hopeful prospects beckon for teaching the unifying principle of the biological sciences in ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a new study. It is the first time researchers use data from ...

Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, ...

The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases in both diversity and morphological disparity during ...

Paleontologists in Peru have uncovered a remarkable 9-million-year-old fossil, which belonged to an ancestor of the great ...

The history of life on Earth is a tale of slow burns and sudden explosions, shaped by environmental upheavals and ...

Even in a world of absolute equals, small strokes of luck can shape survival and evolutionary success in nature.

Selective breeding has dramatically transformed dogs over the last 100 years, often at the expense of their health. Modern ...

Evolutionary senescence refers to the gradual deterioration of biological functions as organisms age, which can influence their life history strategies—how they allocate resources to growth ...

This mix of traits highlights the complexity and diversity of early mollusks, and suggests that their evolutionary history is ...