Researchers from Radboudumc, Department of Human Genetics, demonstrated something remarkable in a 2014 publication in Nature.

A chromosome glitch in beetleweed reveals how genome doubling can drive rapid plant evolution and create new species in real ...

As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring. This ...

It's the first observation of "sympatric" evolution: that two species evolved from a common ancestor despite no geographical separation ...

Natural selection, one of the most important theories in biology, was formulated by evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin in the 19th century. The theory can be used to explain the imbalance on a ...

"Octopus!" (Courtesy of Prime) These characteristics are compared to human traits, leading many to conclude that octopuses are remarkably intelligent. But as Piero Amodio, an animal behavior and ...

The soil beneath Lord Howe Island's famous Kentia palms could hold the key to unlocking an evolutionary mystery that has been confounding scientists since the time of Charles Darwin. The 19th ...

Evolution is the process of heritable change ... which can occur through mechanisms including natural selection, sexual selection and genetic drift. A new study shows that the life history traits ...

The German geographer Friedrich Ratzel first introduced the term Lebensraum in his 1897 book Politische Geographie (Political ...

They could hold the key to unlocking an evolutionary mystery that has been confounding scientists since the time of Charles Darwin.

Cats, dogs and farm animals are what come to mind when we think of domesticated animals. For ages, domestication has been ...