Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, as well as Rocky Vista University (U.S.), show that ...

Footprints from Australia show reptiles may have evolved 35 million years earlier than thought, changing the timeline of ...

Life’s ultimate origin will never be known, but researchers are probing the possibilities—for Earth and elsewhere.

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium ...

Explore the evolution of absolutely everything in this fascinating video! From the origins of life to the rise of technology and human civilization, uncover how the world and everything in it has ...

Chunks of flipped DNA appear to accelerate evolution in fish. This discovery could reshape our understanding of how biodiversity arises. Scientists have discovered that segments of “flipped” DNA help ...

A new study unexpectedly reveals that cells thrive on chaos. It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about the behavior ...

In just 8 minutes, we take you on a breathtaking journey through the history of our world, from the moment of the Big Bang to the present day. Earth’s evolution spans billions of years, marked by ...

Designated a "Historic Tree" by the City Council in 1980, it was added it to a list of 14 trees established by the Bicentennial Tree Commission to commemorate the nation's 200th birthday.

A study by WEHI scientists has shed new light on one of the most fundamental mysteries of biology: how cells divide and grow ...

This study introduces a valuable spring-bead model for epithelial cell layers, designed to improve previous cell-resolved approaches and to understand the connection between the biophysics of ...

This valuable manuscript investigates the localisation of nutrient receptors in bloodstream stage trypanosomes, with implications for both nutrient uptake and immune evasion. Results after direct ...