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 ...
The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...
Quick Take Reaching a size 5 times larger than males is a biological benchmark for breeding females. Holding breath for 10 ...