A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

As companies search underwater for resources, scientists are taking inventory of the ocean-dwelling creatures that could be ...

A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

Life can be scary, and a lot of times we push certain fears aside just to get through the day. But when those fears show up ...

Panasonic Life Solutions India (PLSIND), a leading diversified technology company, along with Panasonic Corporation (PC), ...

The time a spider plant mom remains tethered to her spiderette can be influenced by the daughter plant's environment.

Ethan was diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma (DMG), a cancer that is a death sentence for the vast majority of people who get it. DMG refers to cancerous tumors that grow on the thalamus, brainstem ...

A study by Kristin Winchell (NYU) sequenced the genomes of these reptiles and found 93 specific genes related to limb and skin development that had diverged from forest populations. The city lizards ...

Over 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian period, all major animal phyla appeared rapidly in what is known as the ...

At the bottom of the world’s trenches, there’s a fish that shouldn’t exist. Here’s how it earned the title of the ...

Nancy Shute talks about life’s complexities, from its evolution on Earth as a single cell to complex human behavior.