“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Charles Darwin is credited for some of his major findings and observations about nature, evolution and species.

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Scientists have said that in a cosmos filled with trillions of stars, intelligent alien life will form ‘in only a matter of ...

Charles Darwin, famed for his theory of evolution, profoundly influenced modern biology. Notably, Darwin shared a birthdate ...

Religious dogma clashed with early science, but fossils and discoveries reshaped humanity’s understanding of Earth’s history.

On Darwin Day, 12 February 2025, the Darwin Online project at the National University of Singapore (NUS) launches the largest ...

A new study led by recent undergraduate student Caitlyn Nojiri and co-authored by astronomy and astrophysics professor Enrico ...

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce.

If so, that has important effects for life throughout the universe. It suggests that life might have been likely to form ...

Beauty follows objective patterns in nature, guided by evolution and mathematics. The Fibonacci sequence and Golden Ratio ...

The extinction of dinosaurs about 65 million years ago helped create an environment where fruits could thrive, leading to the evolution of primates, a new study has found. At such a critical moment in ...