The species was named Sphyragnathus tyche, combining Greek words “sphyra,” meaning hammer and “gnathus,” meaning jaw for the ...

Researchers Trace Evolutionary Trajectory of Starfish's Unique Symmetry Through a 500 Million-Year-Old Fossil The star shape ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion ...

Mammal evolution to upright posture followed complex branching path rather than simple step-by-step progression.

A team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with cavers, has uncovered a large number of eyeless, ...

Chunks of flipped DNA appear to accelerate evolution in fish. This discovery could reshape our understanding of how ...

Some species have been known to circle back to lost traits, but it's rare and not usually though the same genetic lines.

Discover the largest ever prehistoric possum fossil found in Texas.

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium ...

A research team at the University of Münster has investigated for the first time how the confrontation of bacteria with hosts ...