On November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species and transformed our understanding of life on Earth by ...
New study from Case Western Reserve University reveals link between oxygen delivery and reproductive success among women living on the high Tibetan Plateau Breathing thin air at extreme altitudes ...
A University of Melbourne researcher has spotted a rare evolutionary phenomenon happening rapidly in real time in bats living in the Solomon Islands. Dr Tyrone Lavery reports in a paper published in ...
Around two million years ago, a group of birds from South America flew 600 miles west to make their home on the Galápagos Islands. They belonged to a single species, but by the time Charles Darwin ...
Many people hold the view that evolution in humans has come to a halt. But while modern medicine and technologies have changed the environment in which evolution operates, many scientists are in ...
KINGSTON, R.I.—April 3, 2024—Nitrogen is a nutrient essential for all life on Earth. Although nitrogen gas (N 2) is plentiful, it is largely unavailable to most organisms without a process known as ...
A group of common mushroom species known as bonnets has given scientists a rare glimpse into "evolution in action", according to a new study, supported by experts at The James Hutton Institute. The ...
The European blackcap, above, is evolving in response to climate change. Shorter and milder winters are allowing more blackcaps to overwinter in Britain rather than on the Iberian Peninsula. If you're ...