Directed evolution is a laboratory method that speeds up protein mutations to help create novel cancer and neurodegenerative disorder therapies. In a new study, scientists detail a method called ...

The movement of genetic material between organisms that aren't directly related is a significant driver of evolution, especially among single-celled organisms like bacteria and archaea. A team led by ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, finds that changes in animal development induced by climate shock persist generations after the initial event. The escalating effects of climate change ...

Why does natural selection appear to happen slowly on long timescales and quickly on short ones? A multigenerational study of four lizard species addresses biology’s “paradox of stasis.” James Stroud ...

Carnivore teeth face a brutal constraint baked into evolution itself: the same growth process that makes a tooth deadly at slicing cripples it at crushing. New research using physical replicas reveals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scarlet monkeyflower survived California's worst drought in 1,200 years. - Seema Sheth During California’s worst dry spell in ...

No and yes. Natural selection is a rigorous testing process that filters out what works from what doesn’t, driving organisms to evolve in particular directions. However, chance events play a big role ...

As all children learn, everyone poos. But when did this begin? And what evolutionary and environmental changes accompanied ...