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

Plant behavior may seem rather boring compared with the frenetic excesses of animals. Yet the lives of our vegetable friends, ...

A remarkably complete plesiosaur fossil found in southern Germany is shedding light on the early evolution of these iconic ...

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

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

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

Our research takes place on a South Florida island roughly the size of an American football field – assuming we’re successful ...

A new species of fossil is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved. Research 'ultramarathon' saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years.

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

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

Georgia Tech scientists are revealing how decades-long research programs have transformed our understanding of evolution, ...

Enzymes originally evolved in high-temperature environments and later adapted to lower temperatures as Earth cooled. Scientists discovered that a key shift in enzyme function occurred over ...