New research is significantly revising a widely cited evolutionary model, the Inhibitory Cascade Mode (ICM). Benjamin Auerbach, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the ...

The number of known proteins is infinitely small in comparison to the universe of possible proteins, which could in theory be ...

Why do humans have an appendix? New research is reshaping our understanding of this overlooked organ and its antiquated role ...

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.

Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature’s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at ...

Why do some species live for only weeks while others survive for centuries? Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have developed AEGIS, a freely ...

Mild aggression and lethal violence evolved separately, according to research across 100 primate species. The study ...

When we think of the fish that inhabit the deep blue sea today, it’s easy to forget that they haven’t always been there. The ...

Scientists warn that assisted evolution may be too slow to save coral reefs as ocean heat waves intensify and climate change ...

The most striking finds were fossils thought to be the oldest known deuterostomes — the broad biological group that includes ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

In the not-too-distant future, if your T-shirt starts giving fashion advice or we’re all enslaved by a race of ...