Ancient deep-sea organisms suggest movement, sexual reproduction, and complex animal life began earlier than previously thought.

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.

Evolution is always happening — so why can't we see it? A biologist explains the timescale problem, election pressure, and ...

From specialized motors to the use of machine-learning algorithms, Turkey’s billion-dollar hair-transplant industry is the result of a constant process of innovation.

During California’s worst dry spell in the past 1,200 years, some populations of wildflowers defied the odds to survive the ordeal. Researchers say they now believe these flowers relied on a type of ...

The Scenario Evolution Process (SEP) is a global, research community-led initiative to evaluate and update the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). Although the outcome of this process is not ...

Giants head coach John Harbaugh smiles and gestures while speaking at a press conference. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post John Harbaugh was getting fairly wound up as he got deep into an analysis ...

The perennial debate about the possible directionality of evolution, as indicated by the apparent increase in the complexity of living systems over time, has recently witnessed renewed arguments in ...

Protein evolution plays a key role in many biological processes that are essential for life – but what does it have to do with physics? Schematic overview of procedure used to generate simulated ...

When Aristotle claimed that humans differ from other animals because they have the ability to be rational, he understood rational to mean that we could form our views and beliefs based on evidence, ...