A groundbreaking study sheds light on the extraordinary evolution of anglerfish, a group of deep-sea dwellers whose bizarre adaptations have captivated scientists and the public alike. The research ...

Paleorex is back on Bored Panda with his detailed, science-based creatures, showing us how animals like big cats, birds, and reptiles might evolve in the future. In this article, we’re featuring even ...

What is the relationship between scientific knowledge and belief in evolution? I have recently been reviewing data that explores this issue and am sharing what I found. There clearly are some ...

For decades, the dominant theory in human evolution suggested that modern humans descended from a single ancestral lineage in Africa. However, groundbreaking new research from the University of ...

Living in urban China may have given the insects the traits they needed to thrive in the United States, a new study suggests.

Professor Graham Coop, Department of Evolution and Ecology and Director of the Center for Population Biology, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work on ...

Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis. University ...

THE VENN DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATES THE COMPONENTS OF VARIATION PARTITIONING WITHIN A PHYLOGENETIC GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL (PGLM). THE LARGE OUTER CIRCLE REPRESENTS THE TOTAL VARIATION IN THE RESPONSE ...

When gazing at the vast spectrum of the animal kingdom, it is easy to focus on the similarities we share with other creatures. From the basic structure of our skeletons to the complex workings of our ...

One hundred years ago a young teacher, John T. Scopes, went on trial in Dayton, Tenn., for violating a recently enacted state law that forbade the state’s educators “to teach any theory that denies ...

Here's something that'll make your next giggle session feel a bit weird: scientists genuinely can't figure out if your laughter evolved from joyful chimp panting or from the threatening bared-teeth ...

Inside a specially constructed safe at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa sit the fragile remains of the world’s most celebrated human ancestor. She was once a hardy survivor in an ...