University of Bristol researchers reveal key drivers behind diverse jaw shapes in lizards and snakes, focusing on ecological ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

A new study examining stick and leaf insect species has found evidence of convergent evolution, with all of the insects evolving similar characteristics despite diverging long ago. Convergent ...

Light helps explains the evolution of our skin color, why some of us have curly hair, and the size of our eyes. And light ...

Before flowering plants emerged, the gymnosperms, which have cone-like structures instead of flowers, dominated the plant ...

New research shows evolution of life isn’t linear. Plants adapt uniquely, sometimes reversing changes to suit their ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 ...

His domed shell is as rough and ridged as damp tree bark. When I approach him—slowly ... return for showing the god Nanabosho ...

Despite extensive studies on their diversity, primate evolutionary history remains incompletely understood. There is no comprehensive molecular phylogenetic tree summarizing the relationships and ...

They are some of the most intensely studied species on Earth, and yet there is no comprehensive molecular phylogenetic hypothesis of primate evolutionary history that summarizes the pattern and timing ...