The study showed that populations don’t lose their “evolvability,” even if conditions remain the same for many generations.

Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution. Organisms that are more adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on the genes that aided their success. This process causes ...

A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ban ...

The British naturalist embarked on an extraordinary journey, did hundreds of experiments, and wrote for 20 years.

The work provides the first experimental evidence showing how natural selection can shape genetic systems to enhance future capacity for evolution, challenging traditional perspectives on ...

Intelligent male mosquitofish mate more, suggesting intelligence and brainpower evolved partly for reproduction, not just ...

It is one of the processes by which species change from generation to generation, and is a crucial element of the theory of evolution. A classic example of natural selection at work is the origin ...