A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It describes how organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable ...

Evolution is hard to model mathematically, but a new study may have found a way to do just that with some inspiration from an unlikely source.

A quiet neighboring species changed how sticklebacks select their mates. Just one new species can alter the path of their ...

Some animals aren’t just lucky, they’re biological masterpieces of adaptation. These creatures thrive in extreme conditions ...

Groundbreaking research shows that as men age, harmful genetic mutations in sperm become more common—not just from random ...

These "imposter crabs" have evolved independently through natural selection, as a rounded shell and signature sideways ...

We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards—never an easy task with such fast, agile creatures.

Some colorful lizards and a mathematical formula from the finance sector have been used to build a new framework to model ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a ...

High rates of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders may be due to how humans evolved in the past, new research has suggested. Increases in diagnoses have been increasing for decades, with one ...

Kuwait is facing challenges with its power system due to heat and aging infrastructure, leading to significant investments in grid reliability and a shift towards natural gas and renewables. While ...