Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

New research led by Flinders University argues thick tooth enamel helped kangaroos chart an unconventional evolution story, ...

Review of How Men Age: What Evolution Reveals About Male Health and Mortality. By Richard G. Bribiescas. Princeton University Press. 177 pp. $24.95 Although he and his wife eat similar foods, jog, are ...

This volume is based on the Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences, “In the Light of Evolution I: Adaptation and Complex Design,” held December 1-2, 2006, at the Arnold and ...

The global road network covers close to 40 million miles, and is projected to grow by 60 percent by 2050. The field of road ecology, which has emerged over the past two decades, has looked at a ...

Migratory birds embody some of the most intricate evolutionary adaptations in the animal kingdom, without which their journeys would be impossible. Here’s how the Pfeilstorch taught us this. In the ...