A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.
A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.
As animals go about their lives ― eating, fighting, having babies ― they don’t always follow the script laid out for them by ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...
Humans influence the evolution of plants and animals. Sometimes actively, sometimes indirectly. The case of the Tube mosquito ...
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Viruses may be more powerful in the International Space Station's microgravity environment
The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...
AZ Animals on MSN
From riverbed to record books: The evolutionary gamble behind the world’s largest snake
Quick Take Reaching a size 5 times larger than males is a biological benchmark for breeding females. Holding breath for 10 ...
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