Every living being must cope with a changing world—summer gives way to winter, one year it floods and the next is a drought.

Dr. Amanda L. Glaze holds a PhD in Curriculum & Instruction-Science Education and a second major in Biological Sciences from The University of Alabama. She is presently a science specialist teaching ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All ...

Researchers observed beetles across 200 generations and noted that evolution was amped up when strong sexual selection was ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook She may not look a lot like us, but a new member of our family tree has been identified thanks to ...

Tumour progression is driven by a process of clonal evolution. The importance of this process has been increasingly recognized over the past decade: tumour heterogeneity, the major cause of ...

When science teachers in a small Pennsylvania town were asked last month to read a statement to their classes that introduced students to the concept of “intelligent design,” they refused, citing ...

ATLANTA — After a lifetime in the church, the Rev. William L. Rhines Jr. lately has started to question one of the Bible's fundamental teachings: that God created man. It's an especially touchy topic ...