Behind the stillness of desert landscapes, cacti appear to be changing in unexpected ways. The cactus on your windowsill may ...

My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

For decades, many evolutionary biologists argued that natural selection acts primarily on individuals. In other words, that organisms are rewarded or penalized one at a time, and that the idea of ...

Not all fish play by the same reproductive rules. Evolutionary biology reveals how deception became a successful mating ...

Evolutionary biology explores how living systems change over time through variation, inheritance and differential success. At its heart lies the concept of descent with modification: populations ...

In Lake Malawi, hundreds of species of cichlid fish have evolved with astonishing speed, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study how biodiversity arises.

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Men have nipples, mammary glands and the hormones required, but the ability for male lactation rarely turns on. Here’s why ...

The study of early vertebrates provides an essential window into the evolutionary processes that shaped modern biodiversity. Fossil discoveries spanning the Silurian to Devonian periods reveal a ...

Research study reports intriguing findings made through innovative artificial intelligence analysis about yeasts -- small fungi that are key contributors to biotechnology, food production, and human ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. “Where are all the genetic cures?” asks Denis Noble, a ...

Scientists have developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy -- organisms carrying extra genome copies -- in evolution. Their findings reveal that polyploidy can stabilize ...