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The study tracks mammoth evolution over a million years using mitogenomes, showing shifts in diversity and lineage tied to ...

The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of ...

A good wildlife management plan must include information on their migratory processes if the conservation of species, ...

As a biology major at the University of Morelos, Dirzo discovered his interest in plant evolutionary biology and assisted with a research project analyzing rates of deforestation and land use ...

In a comprehensive study conducted at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, researchers tracked 244 wild-derived male house mice—yes, the kind you'd find in barns or basements ...

Antibiotic resistance poses a growing global health crisis, and researchers are turning to evolutionary biology for solutions ...

David Bentley Hart imagines Eros, Hephaistos, Hermes, and Psyche coming out of retirement to debate contemporary philosophy ...

New research led by UC Santa Cruz will strengthen understanding of which traits set tomato plants up to be grown successfully ...

The Kirkland Junior Common Room has seen its fair share of prestigious visitors, from actor Woody Harrelson to former Senate majority leader Chuck E. Schumer ’71. But on Wednesday, their guests had a ...

“Brilliantly” colored fish caught in streams in Alabama have been identified as two new species — but they’re at the “highest ...

Birds fighting for nesting spots show repeated aggression and shared brain gene patterns, suggesting evolution may repeat.