Scientists confirm that orcas and dolphins have lost the ability to return to dry land due to irreversible evolutionary ...

Scientists have uncovered a key mechanism in jellyfish embryos that provides new insights into how the body plan of these ...

Scientists have uncovered a key mechanism in jellyfish embryos that provides new insights into how the body plan of these ...

The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery was in the news recently, after it was announced that the museum plans to invest about $10.5 million into its north Dayton facility, which will update, replace and ...

Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence offers a unique experience for guests to interact with their adorable porcupine named ...

Bats in the noctilionoid group, like Darwin’s finches, have evolved an impressive variety of jaw and tooth adaptations to ...

Our human ancestors fundamentally changed their eating behavior in the Neolithic period. This was when they began to cultivate cereals and domesticate wild animals.

Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents details how animal relationships can offer perspective on sexual diversity, social ...

New research reveals that bacteria form species and maintain cohesion through frequent DNA exchange within species. This ...

It may seem like a complete contradiction, but evolution can sometimes also mean involution. This is the case for two marine ...

Selective breeding has dramatically transformed dogs over the last 100 years, often at the expense of their health. Modern ...

“Imagine each species’ genome is a book, and each little DNA fragment is a sentence,” Rohwer said in a press statement. “Each sample has hundreds of books, all cut up into these sentences. To ...