New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

Where “biological evolution” in the current standards ... as personal views and not representative of the university, UI chemical and biochemical engineering professor Charles Stanier said ...

A wild ginger has a clever trick up its sleeve to lure in pollinators. No, it's not a sweet fragrance that fills the air, but ...

The study demonstrates that machine learning algorithms, inspired by biological morphological evolution, significantly ...

Giant viruses, like the ones found in Yellowstone's hot springs, have been turning up in many odd corners of the planet.

Some stinky plants independently evolved an enzyme to take the same molecule behind our bad breath and turn it into the smell of rotting flesh.

New science shows age reversal may be within reach by targeting cellular aging mechanisms and restoring youthful biological ...

But biology is always playing out in a context. And the context we live in today is changing faster than any gene can keep up with. That’s why social evolution—the evolution of our cultural ...

The work is published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. DNA is the molecule that carries the instructions for life. Think ...

How do fish survive in the extreme conditions of the deep sea—amid icy cold, darkness, and immense water pressure? A genomic study provides surprising answers: A single mutated gene might have ...

Crown-of-thorns have evolved chemical defenses in the form of toxic spines ... Our large brains and capacity for complex language allow cultural evolution to supplement biological evolution, ...