A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

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 ...

Evolution is slow, but with the right experimental set-up—and enough time to spare—you can watch nature do its methodical ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

Emerging research reveals that organisms may never fully catch up to their changing environments, opening new questions about how evolution really unfolds. Credit: Stock New research challenges the ...

For well over a century, Darwin’s theory of natural selection has served as biology’s grand unifying framework, explaining how species adapt and evolve through the differential replication of randomly ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Natural selection shaped our most abundant brain cells so rapidly that the genetic changes may have enhanced human cognitive abilities while dramatically increasing autism risk, ...

The Pokémon Company swung for something different Thursday in announcing the newest Mega Evolution coming to Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Mega Victreebel was shown scaring frightened trainers in a trailer ...

One hundred years ago, a substitute teacher in Dayton, Tenn., was charged with the crime of teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. His name was John Scopes. At the time, ...