If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Scientists reveal that a key evolutionary theory about rapid change is wrong, caused mainly by statistical noise in the data.

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

Alignment and sequencing errors are a major concern in molecular evolution, and this valuable study represents a welcome improvement for genome-wide scans of positive selection. This new method seems ...

Redrawing this branch of the mammalian evolutionary tree according to the molecular data does more than remove hippos from their traditional position, however — it suggests that the Artiodactyla ...

The mollusk tree of life: A new perspective. Despite their ecological and economic importance, the evolutionary relationships ...

If familiarity breeds contempt, then no wild animal has made itself more loathsome to humanity than the city pigeon. They ...

People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans arent the only ...