The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of ...

A University of Michigan researcher has discovered an early innovation in the way fish eat. A scientist from the University ...

The tiny Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, has been genetically confirmed as having the highest ...

Learn why some researchers say that our culture – not genetics – is driving our evolution and what that could mean for our future.

Directed evolution is a laboratory technique that mimics natural selection and allows scientists to evolve genes and the ...

A new study suggests culture is reshaping human evolution faster than DNA, redefining how our species adapts, survives, and thrives.

A new study concludes that the speed at which the human brain evolved may help explain why our species experiences autism.

Research study reports intriguing findings made through innovative artificial intelligence analysis about yeasts -- small fungi that are key contributors to biotechnology, food production, and human ...

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

The study of early vertebrates provides an essential window into the evolutionary processes that shaped modern biodiversity. Fossil discoveries spanning the Silurian to Devonian periods reveal a ...

Scientists have developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy -- organisms carrying extra genome copies -- in evolution. Their findings reveal that polyploidy can stabilize ...

Find the answer for The perfect predators, according to evolutionary biology from the people who brought you the USA TODAY ...