A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

Autistic masking may be an evolved survival response to social risk: useful for belonging, but costly when sustained over a ...

Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...

Without greed, we wouldn’t have many of the benefits we enjoy today, such as cars, heated homes and computers, argue our ...

Learn how jellyfish and sea anemones are changing what we know about the evolutionary purpose of sleep.

This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...

Anacondas rank high among the most frightening reptiles that exist on planet Earth; they are esteemed for their massive size ...

An evolutionary architecture strategy ensures rapid responses to unforeseen events. Autonomously acting teams make informed ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have constructed the most comprehensive genetic map of the world's primary cotton crop to date.

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems.