How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.

Research is shaking up how we think about evolution, suggesting there's a level of predictability influenced by genes and genetic history.

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

Researchers have created a method called optovolution that uses light to guide the evolution of proteins with dynamic behaviors. By engineering yeast cells so their survival depended on proteins ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who ...

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Study of 280 empirical papers suggests evolution is shaped by both individual advantage and competition between groups.

EPFL researchers have developed a light-based method that can produce proteins that switch states, respond to signals, and even compute, using light and the cell cycle.

A study reveals that sticklebacks with complete bony plates have survival rates several percentage points higher than those with reduced plates, indicating ongoing natural selection. Moreover, the ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...