While rare, a few birds we studied were rule-breakers. One such rule-breaker is the Eurasian spoonbill, whose highly ...

Earth’s history is filled with incredible milestones, and the emergence of the first animals is one of the most captivating.

The Theory of Evolution has been around for over 150 years now, but there are probably some things about it that you don't ...

Observations by the James Webb space telescope find possible biological activity on a giant planet 124 light-years from Earth ...

Cambridge University astronomers spotted two molecules in the planet's atmosphere that give them cause for their theory.

Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 ...

Mutations fuel evolution while also causing diseases like cancer. Epigenome-targeted DNA repair can help organisms protect important genomic regions from mutation. However, the adaptive value, ...

The structural biologist, who has devoted his life to studying the processes behind aging, discusses the surprising things he ...

In probing whether there are basic sex differences in humans, a psychologist and a biologist agree to seriously disagree ...

Feathers did not evolve for flight, for example. This repurposing reflects how biological evolution is jerry-rigged, making use of what’s available. Kauffman argues that biological evolution is thus ...

For example, does the culture of your work colleagues ... (D.T. Blumstein) In the traditional view of how evolution works, natural selection acts on an individual organism's traits. For instance, ...

Multilevel selection is a controversial concept originally proposed by Darwin. A new study found evidence for it in the wild in a group of marmots scientists have been observing for more than 60 years ...