Evolution occurs over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. Scientists are working to close the gap.

Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature’s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at ...

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution connects plant and insect physiology, chemical ecology, molecular function, and evolutionary analysis to offer a new perspective on plant–insect ...

An evolutionary "arms race" for light and space drove the early domestication of wheat, according to new research that could ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants ...

It usually takes millions of years for new species to evolve, but not for fish in one African lake.

Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.

Animal life began in aquatic environments more than 600 million years ago. Around 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian ...

On the shores of the west coast of Australia lies a window to our past: the stromatolites and microbial mats of Gathaagudu ...

A new study reveals how squid and cuttlefish began in the deep sea and survived Earth’s biggest extinction to thrive ...