Evolution often involves losing traits like eyesight or flight when they are no longer advantageous, demonstrating a focus on ...
Explore an interactive avian tree of life that reveals how 11,000 bird species are connected through millions of years of ...
Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...
The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.
A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of ...
Lipstick vines in Taiwan look different from their red-flowered relatives. When scientists dug into the family tree, they uncovered an evolutionary mystery.