The field of evolution examines how organisms adapt to their environments over generations, but what about the evolution of evolution itself? Researchers have long questioned why biological ...

For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head. By Carl Zimmer Look at ...

Scotland’s island wrens are quietly breaking the rules of evolution, growing in ways that have stunned researchers and raised ...