Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on ...

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

Cancer does not develop overnight. It can take decades for cancer‐promoting changes in the genome to eventually lead to the ...

The key change is an ancient defense system. Basically, these tomatoes are manufacturing a version of an alkaloid whose ...

How 'useless’ quirks of evolution actually support Darwin's theory An evolutionary spandrel is a physical structure or behavioural characteristic that is a by-product from some other functional ...

5 fun facts about evolution The last common ancestor of all life on Earth is estimated to have existed around 4.2 billion years ago. There are three ingredients necessary for natural selection to ...

The peppered moth is an iconic example of Charles Darwin ’s theory of evolution by natural selection. For centuries peppered moths (Biston betularia) were common in the forests around Manchester ...

On The Joe Rogan Experience, former Fox news commentator Tucker Carlson said there is 'no evidence' to support Darwin's theory of evolution. But he misstated what a theory actually is.

Charles Darwin believed evolution created “endless forms most beautiful.” It’s a nice sentiment, but it doesn’t explain why evolution keeps making crabs. Scientists have long wondered ...

The researchers in this study were skeptical of this idea and wanted to test its merits. How they did it — Researchers used a sample of 400-plus specimens, encompassing both living primates and ...

Now 164 years later, nine scientists and philosophers on Monday proposed a new law of nature that includes the biological evolution described by Darwin as a vibrant example of a much broader ...