An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus ...

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color ...

A 500-million-year-old fossil from Morocco, discovered by Natural History Museum scientists, is offering extraordinary new ...

In the 1830s Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos islands in the Pacific Ocean. He studied the unique animals living on the islands. Darwin's trip led him to the theory of evolution. In today's ...

24Pet by PetPlace today announced plans for 24PetShelter, a new cloud-based, mobile-first offering from the industry leaders in shelter-management solutions like PetPoint and Chameleon. This comes ...

Alignment and sequencing errors are a major concern in molecular evolution, and this valuable study represents a welcome improvement for genome-wide scans of positive selection. This new method seems ...

24Pet by PetPlace today announced plans for 24PetShelter, a new cloud-based, mobile-first offering from the industry leaders in shelter-management solutions like PetPoint and Chameleon. This comes ...

In the race to save birdlife around the world, time is running out—and doing everything right still won’t be enough. Despite global conservation goals and urgent policies aimed at protecting nature, ...

New research is shaking up our understanding of evolution by revealing that some species may not evolve gradually at all. Instead, scientists discovered that certain marine worms experienced an ...

In 1859, Darwin imagined evolution as a slow, gradual progress, with species accumulating small changes over time. But even he was surprised to find the fossil record offered no missing links: the ...

For the first time, scientists sequenced the genomes of 20 individual lions, including extinct cave lions, revealing insights into their family tree.