Picture a mouse taking rapid, staccato sniffs of a crumb it's found while foraging for food. Now compare that with a human leaning in for a single, deep inhale to gauge whether a cantaloupe is ripe.

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

Is it possible to study the history of viruses that emerged several hundred million years ago? An international team of INRAE ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Tiny fossil teeth from Alaska are changing how scientists view mammal life and migration in the ancient Arctic.

Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.

Evolution is always happening — so why can't we see it? A biologist explains the timescale problem, election pressure, and ...

IPCC and Second World Climate Conference Call for Global Treaty The IPCC releases the first assessment report saying 'emissions resulting from human activities are substantially increasing the ...

In evolutionary biology, convergent evolution is the process whereby organisms not closely related (not monophyletic), independently evolve similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar ...

Why humans have a philtrum, the groove above your lip, explained by an evolutionary biologist — from embryonic face-building ...

The party’s activist wing has probably never held such power, yet the PM offers uncritical support for Aukus and refuses to criticise Trump’s acts of war What are we here for? Labor faces defining ...