In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Over 100 attendees filled NYU’s annual Darwin Lecture on Monday, where Princeton professor Lindy McBride explored how humans ...

Research into human genomic diversity has a number of applications in biomedicine, evolution, and history. However, many ...

Evolutionary biology is the study of how life diversifies and adapts over time through a range of processes including mutation, genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection. From its classical ...

Artificial intelligence allows tracing the evolution of genetic control elements in the developing mammalian cerebellum. An international research team led by biologists from Heidelberg University as ...

The study of Astyanax mexicanus, encompassing both its cave-adapted and surface-dwelling forms, has emerged as a model for understanding evolutionary adaptation to extreme environments. Researchers ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, finds that changes in animal development induced by climate shock persist ...

There’s more history in your blood types than you think, and it didn’t begin with humans. Here’s what we know about them, ...

From Mendel to molecules : a brief history of evolutionary genetics / Michael R. Dietrich -- Genetic variation / Marta L. Wayne and Michael M. Miyamota. Maternal effects / Timothy A. Mousseau -- ...

A common element in “Star Trek” and other science fiction is their depiction of humanoid alien species. If life exists ...