Birds are inextricably linked to feathers, which allow them to fly, keep warm and put on dramatic displays. Feathers, however ...

Over the years, Pokemon have expanded their inspiration from common animals to prehistorical creatures to create these ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

This analysis was conceived by its author as a trilogy of commentaries in the wake of Decision 16/2 from the 16th Conference ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest bird fossil shedding light on birds' origin in China, and reshaping the timeline of ...

New research shows that fluctuating environmental conditions helped chemical mixtures self-organize and evolve in structured ...

More than five years on, studies suggest the animal is the most likely culprit, but other candidates haven't been ruled out.

The London Underground mosquito been extensively studied as an example of humans driving evolution and emergence of new species ...

Around 10,000 years ago in the Near East, the species began to transform into S. scrofa domesticus (above), the domesticated pig. Pigs are prolific. A single sow can mother up to 100 piglets ...

All imported timber sold in Australia would carry a label indicating where it was grown, under a proposal by the national ...

The phrase "survival of the fittest" functions principally in evolutionary theory to describe the biological concept of natural selection.

A set of fossils discovered in East China's Fujian province has been identified as the only known unambiguous record of ...