For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels ...

A newly identified sponge group called Vilesida is giving scientists a clearer view of animal origins, linking sponges with ...

When males are forced to compete for females, new species form more rapidly. This has been shown in a new study where the ...

Large blocks of genes conserved through hundreds of millions of years of evolution hint at how the first animal chromosomes came to be. Chromosomes, the bundles of DNA that star in the mitotic ballet ...

Once upon a time, there were a bunch of one-celled microbes, swimming, eating, reproducing, doing all the things that a one-cell bit of life can do. Then, some time later, there were their descendants ...

In most cases, evolution is a pretty slow process, taking hundreds if not thousands of years—but when humans enter the ...

The evolution of some of the earliest complex animals on our planet may have been spurred on by other, simpler early animals. These simple marine animals first evolved around 560 million years ago and ...

A microorganism whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular animals may provide a glimpse of how single-celled organisms made a critical evolutionary leap. In ...

The extinct rhinoceros, described in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, is the northernmost rhino known to have ever ...

🛍️ The best Black Friday deals you can shop right now (updating) 🛍️ By Kylie Mohr / High Country News Published Feb 18, 2024 12:00 PM EST This article was originally featured on High Country News.