For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that ...

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

New study shows that plants evolve in under five years, but extreme heat still pushes many populations toward extinction.

A comparison with the environmental settings and biological adaptations of nearly 6,000 terrestrial mammalian species demonstrates the profound advantages of human cultural adaptations.

Cute but cantankerous, koalas are making a surprising recovery from a genetic bottleneck, with their once most threatened ...

The next time you’re walking in a busy place, take a moment to appreciate the vast diversity of faces around you. Nose shape.

The French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had the wrong idea about the way evolution works. But he helped advance a ...

The koala now ranks among a few species observed escaping a genetic bottleneck, in this case caused by overhunting that ...

An international team of researchers planted the same genetic lines of Arabidopsis thaliana in outdoor gardens stretching ...