evolutionary biology

Female cuckoo finches inherit their ability to mimic the appearance of their hosts’ eggs from their mothers

Scientists reconstruct the evolutionary tree of beetles with the help of mathematical models

New research shows that developing wings rather than bony spurs involved both sexual and natural selection

A team has probed the genetics of bowfin fish to reveal insights about human health and evolutionary history

Scientists were able to identify more than 300 genes that vary in the genome of the water flea

Researchers observe the genetic imprint of the surprisingly rapid transition from unicellular to multicellular life

Evolution is not always a one-way street toward increasing specialization 

Over a half-billion years ago, life on Earth was comprised of simple ocean organisms unlike anything living in today's oceans

A recent study of Heliconius butterflies says that it isn't

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