Animals that seek mates and fight rivals that resemble parents could eventually set stage for new species

Members of one octopus species take variations in skin texture to a whole new level

An international research team has now reconstructed the scenario that could have led to the mammoths' extinction

Scientists recreate in flies the mutations that let monarch butterflies eat toxic milkweed with impunity

Eight species of nematode discovered in the lake's harsh conditions

Transposons could lie at the origin of the differences between the fruit of both species or the flavor of the almond

Modern humans evolved in Africa, and we now know that human groups from all over the continent contributed to that process. A group of scientists says that means it is time to stop arguing about where in Africa humans 'really' came from

While simple prokaryotic bacteria formed within the first billion years of the Earth, the origin of eurkaryotes, the first cells with nuclei, took much longer.

Such diversity could contribute to wine's varying flavors, aromas, researchers say

Raging winds can demolish trees, defoliate entire canopies, and scatter debris across forest floors, radically altering the habitats and reshaping the selective pressures on many organisms