Properly deciphering the branching pathways of evolution could unlock the history of every component of natural biology.

Last month, the Bean Life Science Museum opened its new exhibit, the Evolutionary Tree of Life, to the public. “It was a fabulous feeling,” said museum director Michael Whiting. Whiting said the ...

Scientists trace an ancient microbe, Asgard archaea, that gave rise to humans, animals, and plants more than 2 billion years ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

Scientists organize millions of proteins by shape, as predicted by AI, revealing 700,000 new families and some shapes unique ...

(THE CONVERSATION) People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of “survival of the fittest” is constantly at play. New DNA mutations arise and ...

Nancy Shute talks about life’s complexities, from its evolution on Earth as a single cell to complex human behavior.

Our culture has lost something special with the rise of the artificial tree and the fall of so many Christmas tree farms, ...

New breakthroughs in microbial analysis could enhance disease prediction, environmental protection and our understanding of the planet’s smallest life forms.

These striking landscape images showcase how water, climate and ancient rock formations guide the evolution of life on Earth.

Plants that drop all their leaves at one time and enter a leafless, dormant state are called deciduous. In climates that ...