In a new study from Northern Arizona University, researchers delved into the relationship between their extinction and the ...

To solve this evolutionary puzzle ... (published in PLOS Biology), the investigators mapped traits onto the fruit fly tree of life to reveal how these interacting male and female traits have ...

The pong pong tree, scientifically classified as Cerbera odollam, belongs to the dogbane family, which is famed for producing toxic substances. Native to Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and ...

What do phylogenetic trees illustrate? These diagrams don't just organize knowledge of biodiversity - they also show us that living species are the summation of their evolutionary history.

Contemporary artist Sam Van Aken is bringing the “Tree of 40 Fruit” to Temple University’s main campus in Philadelphia. This art project is a single grafted tree that produces 40 varieties ...