"Extinction boom" is a term in evolutionary biology describing the paradoxical surge that sometimes occurs just before a ...

Since 1988, twelve identical populations of E. coli have been evolving in the same lab — over 75,000 generations and counting ...

A rare trapdoor spider, Aptostichus ramirezae, discovered in Iran, features a tail-like appendage, a trait thought extinct ...

Humans developed large brains and flatter faces at an exceptionally quick rate compared to other apes, according to new research from UCL scientists. The study suggests that these rapid changes may ...

A giraffe's long legs aren't just for height, they save energy by reducing how hard the heart works to pump blood upward ...

Transgender identification is a “social contagion,” years of data prove, according to an evolutionary biologist and scholar ...