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

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...

A potted scarlet monkeyflower would die within a few days without water. But multiple natural populations of the species ...

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Scientists discover that fast-changing cactus flowers, not size or pollinators, are behind the rapid evolution of new cactus species.

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On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...

A newly described ant species found in Japan reproduces without males and maintains colonies composed entirely of queens, a ...

TIME: Much of what you write about in the book involves the idea of “dispersal” as an evolutionary process that could dramatically change the human species. Describe what you mean by that. Scharf: ...

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Richard Cloutier is also a Research Associate at the Centre of Excellence in Basin Studies and Applied Palaeontology, Mahasarakham University (Thailand). He has received funding from the Natural ...

How does evolution invent entirely new things, like limbs, wings, and venom? Evolutionary biologist Sean B. Carroll joins us to reveal the hidden rules behind nature’s creativity and the genetic ...