For more than a century, biologists assumed that the bony plates embedded in the skin of lizards – like natural chain mail – ...

A fossil plant smaller than a fingernail, collected more than a century ago from a Scottish rock bed, is reshaping the story ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

A single thermal performance curve applies across life, from bacteria to animals. Species differ in optimal temperatures, but not in the fundamental shape of their response to heat. Researchers at Tri ...

New research explains how dust links the formation, evolution, and fate of stars and planets, and why future telescopes are needed to observe these processes in detail ...

A groundbreaking study has found that evolution is not as unpredictable as previously thought, which could allow scientists to explore which genes could be useful to tackle real-world issues such as ...

A light-colored deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) on dark soil in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. This poorly camouflaged rodent might not survive much longer, as it's easily spotted by hungry owls ...

Discover interesting facts about how evolution works, the different patterns that can emerge from evolution, how quickly organisms can evolve, and whether evolution is a random or ordered process When ...