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

A new book offers a fascinating journey from insects to apes and a forceful rebuttal to bigotry showing what the incredible ...

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into the ...

New research has provided fresh insights into how bird songs evolve over time, revealing a significant role for population dynamics in shaping song diversity and change. The findings are based on an ...

A simple tweak in the nervous system can completely reshape the love life of male butterflies. Researchers found that a ...

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB ... genetic systems to enhance future capacity for evolution, challenging traditional perspectives on ...

Scientists reveal nematodes can evolve predatory instincts over generations, driven by environmental exposure and microRNA ...

Human embryos briefly exhibit traits like tails and gill-like structures, revealing our evolutionary history and deep ...

Now it turns out that some birdsongs also contain a hidden world of shared language, with varying local accents and dialects ...

Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist ...

When a gene gets duplicated, it often leads to the recipe being followed too many times, and the resulting “leftovers,” the ...

What does biodiversity have to do with evolution? We ask Edwin Pos, evolutionary ecologist and Scientific Director of the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens.