Shapes of beaks and snouts come in an extraordinary range of forms, reflecting adaptations to different lifestyles and ...

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...

A yellow band across a wing might look like a simple flourish. In the South American rainforest, it can mean survival. Across butterflies and a day-flying moth that split from one another tens of ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

In 1859, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was postulated in “On the Origin of Species.” In this theory, Darwin suggested ...

Only the truest of crabs move sideways. (Paul Starosta/Stone/Getty Images) As you may have heard via a barrage of internet ...

What is the relationship between scientific knowledge and belief in evolution? I have recently been reviewing data that explores this issue and am sharing what I found. There clearly are some ...