In evolutionary biology, all life on Earth is theoretically part of a single phylogenetic tree, indicating common ancestry.

All of the 2022 Nobel Prizes have now been announced. Here's a look at which prizes have been announced so far, which is coming up and what's next for the winners. Lead researcher Dr. Milo Barham, ...

The Drexel University master’s degree in Ecology, Evolution and Earth Systems (EEES) offers full- and part-time plans of study to meet the needs and career goals of students, such as those who would ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in individual armor and produce far more ants. Larger colonies then ...

No matter where you are in the world, the humans living there are about 90 percent right-handed while the remaining 10 ...

A 30-year-long study of a small population of marine snail shows how evolution can adapt to environmental changes quite rapidly. This study revealed how a specific ecotype of the snail changed its ...

How come our universe is full of disorder, when all elementary particles appear to follow strictly ordered laws of physics? And are there organizing principles behind disorder and apparent chaos?

First proposed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the 1850s, the theory of evolution is now a cornerstone of modern science. It is a unifying theory that underpins biological science, ...