There's no question that humans have left an indelible mark on the world, but we're also inadvertently steering the evolution ...

David Attenborough discovers the curiosities connected to the platypus. The attributes of this animal are so extraordinary, ...

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 ...

Animal lookalikes showcase the fascinating ways in which species can evolve similar traits in response to their environments.

New study shows how bird traits like gene makeup and clutch size shape evolution. This may help scientists understand ...

Before hominins intentionally chipped stone to make tools, they likely used sharp rocks already shaped by natural forces.

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

Sabre teeth — the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon — represent one of the most ...

A study published March 27 in the journal Science finds that a unique and ancient spate of genetic mutations was key to the ...

Murphy, a National Academy of Sciences member and Texas A&M University System Regents Professor, is Texas A&M’s third ...