A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most debated concepts in biology: evolvability. The work provides the first experimental evidence showing how natural selection can shape genetic systems to enhance future capacity for evolution,

A new computer model suggests that the process of evolution can get better at evolving in the face of environmental change.

Scientists found that evolution itself can evolve. Organisms exposed to changing environments develop a better ability to adapt.

How is it that organisms are so damned good at evolving to overcome environmental challenges? This is a question that has long been posed by researchers, but the answers have not been overly clear. Now,