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The transition from a lumbering, heavy dinosaur body to the flight-adapted bird body plan is one of many fascinating episodes ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have uncovered new ...

Many of the body's biggest flaws are the result of evolution building on old designs instead of starting over. Our spine, ...

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

A study investigated whether the genes for schizophrenia and autism appeared more frequently as mammals evolved bigger brains ...

Why do men have an Adam's apple? A biologist explains the puberty hormone surge behind it, the sexual-selection theory and ...

New research challenges the idea that self-fertilization is an evolutionary dead end and points to a more complex story.

High above the rainforest floor, tiny ponds form in the leaves of plants perched on tree branches. Frogs breed in these ponds ...