How come our universe is full of disorder, when all elementary particles appear to follow strictly ordered laws of physics? And are there organizing principles behind disorder and apparent chaos?

Shapes of beaks and snouts come in an extraordinary range of forms, reflecting adaptations to different lifestyles and ...

Even tiny muscles around the ears hint at our evolutionary past. In many mammals, tiny ear muscles allow the outer ear (pinna ...

Researchers have uncovered a remarkable fossil site in a remote part of Canada's Northwest Territories, offering ...

When Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution in the mid-19th century, he figured this fundamental process took place very slowly over geological timescales, taking millions of years. But is ...

The fact that living things evolve in the face of environmental change is not news, but a study now suggests that the process of evolution itself evolves, too. The "evolvability" of evolution is a ...