The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

One study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammal fossils from the Turkana Basin in Kenya, and the other study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammals in the Haughton impact crater site located ...

Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

A new study argues that religion, politics and war affect how animals and plants in cities evolve, and the confluence of ...

Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced. Two teams, which analysed ...

Phylogenetic trees summarize evolutionary relationships between organisms, and tools to analyze collections of phylogenetic trees enable contrasts between different genes’ ancestry. The BHV metric ...

Phylogenetic networks are a generalization of phylogenetic trees that allow for the representation of nontreelike evolutionary events, like recombination, hybridization, or lateral gene transfer.

Sharks are, by any definition, incredibly badass. They’re the only animals around that can claim to have chowed down on ...

Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color ...

Pinworms of the order Oxyurina in mice, rats and rabbits continue to be relatively common in lab animal facilities 1, 2. Pinworm infestation has a confounding influence on the results of ...

Discover the fascinating evolution of our furry friends in "12 Dog Breeds Evolving Before Our Eyes"! 🐶 In this enlightening video, we explore how selective breeding is shaping the ...