Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...

Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.

A common element in “Star Trek” and other science fiction is their depiction of humanoid alien species. If life exists ...

A rare fossil discovery is shedding light on the “missing years” of early sponge evolution. Scientists found a ...

Genomic analysis reveals squid and cuttlefish evolved in deep oceans, survived mass extinction in refuges, and later rapidly diversified, following a “long fuse” evolutionary pattern.

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 ...

Scientists have long tried to decode every dream we have. Some say it’s survival training, others say it’s memory at work, ...

Scientists call for a major acceleration in coral assisted evolution research to help reefs cope with rapidly warming oceans.