My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

The transition from water to land is a question that still intrigues scientists. Those ancient organisms would have needed to ...

For over seven decades, a single fossil skull sat at the center of one of paleontology's most stubborn classification ...

A new study shows evidence of “evolutionary rescue”—a kind of rapid evolution in which organisms genetically adapt to severe ...

Chefs in Arizona are using native Sonoran Desert ingredients to create unique dishes and educate the public. Climate change is threatening native crops, pushing them to their evolutionary limits due ...

Evolution rarely hits delete. Instead, it leaves behind living relics built for animals that no longer exist. Avocados are one of them.

In "How Flowers Made Our World," magnolia blossoms offer a glimpse into the evolutionary history and global takeover of ...

A fossil found in northern Egypt from a new species, Masripithecus moghraensis, is changing long held ideas about ape and human origins.

The original skull, digital scan, and reconstructed face of Little Foot. Credit: Amélie Beaudet. Scientists have finally ...

The Socotra archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean, has been referred to as the most alien place on Earth because of its ...

Could a newly discovered fossil in Egypt fundamentally change everything scientists currently know about human evolution?

Two fossil skulls found in central China are prompting fresh debate over when they lived – and where they belong in the human ...