Computer simulations suggest that evolution itself could be evolving, depending on environmental pressures. This would mean ...

According to the researchers, their conclusions about the facial development of embryonic mice also appears to apply to us ...

In a new study published today in Science, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), together with global ...

Officially mapped in 1863, but in effect for millions of years, Wallace's Line has maintained two distinct animal kingdoms on ...

Feb. 26, 2025 — It's not what you do, it's how readily you do it. Rapid evolutionary change might have more to do with how easily a key innovation can be gained or lost rather than with the ...

Some scientists say the for-profit industry’s fast growth makes it harder to police fraud and low-quality work.

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.

Although models like this are simplifications of the real world, they are valuable for conceptualising how evolution might ...

Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from an algal ancestor that ...

Scientists discovered ancient facial fossils in Spain that may represent a new human species, reshaping early European ...