evolutionary

Cartilaginous fish have changed much more in the course of their evolutionary history than previously believed. Evidence for this thesis has been provided by…

An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in…

A trove of fossils in China, unearthed in rock dating back some 436 million years, have revealed for the first time that the mysterious galeaspids, a jawless…

A team of scientists has discovered the earliest gibbon fossil, a find that helps fill a long-elusive evolutionary gap in the history of apes. The work,…

When is a thumb not a thumb? When it's an elongated wrist bone of the giant panda used to grasp bamboo. Through its long evolutionary history, the panda's…

Biologists have developed a new method to measure the extent to which regional geographic features -- including barriers between regions, like mountains or…

CO2e emissions from aviation under various scenarios of adoption of LH2-powered…

A simple roadside weed may hold the key to understanding and predicting DNA mutation, according to new research from University of California, Davis, and the…

A team of researchers at the George Washington University has identified a gene that determines whether ultraviolet iridescence shows up in the wings of…

Retribution by hacking back might make you feel better, but experts urge caution and explain why it's a bad idea.…