In a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, scientists show that the SAMD9 and SAMD9L genes, key players in ...

Evolution is a sequence of design changes happening on their own in a discernible direction; it never weds itself to a single point on a drawing board. An evolving system or animal is free to simply ...

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels ...

Educators involved in curriculum design know one hard truth: you can’t fit in everything. Whatever the finished product, there will always be someone who thinks something important has been missed or ...

Evolution has produced stunningly complex features, from neuron-studded octopus arms to the mammalian ear. Can evolution ever go "backward," though, reverting complex creatures to previous, simpler ...

Discover interesting facts about how evolution works, the different patterns that can emerge from evolution, how quickly organisms can evolve, and whether evolution is a random or ordered process When ...

One hundred years ago a young teacher, John T. Scopes, went on trial in Dayton, Tenn., for violating a recently enacted state law that forbade the state’s educators “to teach any theory that denies ...

A newly identified crocodile relative from Egypt pushes back the origins of the marine-hunting dyrosaurids by millions of years. The fossil, Wadisuchus kassabi, shows a mix of primitive and advanced ...

Tiffany Taylor, professor of microbial ecology and evolution at the University of Bath in the U.K., recommends the books that shaped her career and her outlook on life. When you purchase through links ...

A discussion on the inclusion of evolution in textbooks sparked a disagreement between Republicans in the Texas State Board of Education with the board's chair issuing concerns over the books being ...

This page shows how we've mapped the Big ideas in science: Evolution resources on to topics in the primary science curriculum. Students often initially identify by comparing whole objects and looking ...