Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously ...

A new study co-authored by researchers at Indiana University sheds light on how the forces that shape mountain ranges also ...

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

An international team has just identified a new species of therizinosaur with impressive claws. Its exceptionally ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Each lizard is unique. Some have longer legs, others stronger jaws, and all behave slightly differently. The differences ...

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur species, Duonychus tsogtbaatari, with a strange evolution in Mongolia's Gobi Desert ...

A longstanding question in evolutionary biology is how sexual selection influences how entire genomes develop. Sexual ...

Scientists have discovered a fossil that appears to belong to an unknown species. Found in a remote location, this fossil ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

A new study examines cancer prevalence across hundreds of vertebrate species. Every multicellular creature, whether soaring ...

Studies have suggested that genes under strong sexual selection tend to evolve rapidly, particularly those associated with ...