Understanding exoplanet evolution could help solve the mystery of the 'hot Neptune desert.' As astronomers delve deeper into the diversity of worlds orbiting distant stars, a new study suggests ...

The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for ...

Despite its localised nature, the effects of this dripping are felt across a broad area of the North American craton, which spans much of the US and Canada.

University of Queensland scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some ...

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

Tech is evolving too fast for human biology. Mental health trends show we're struggling. To survive, we must speed up ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.

A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to ...

Buffalo’s legacy of technical innovation spans more than a century, from Willis Carrier’s invention of air conditioning to ...

In a new paper published in the journal Trends in Genetics researchers from the University of Vermont and Trinity College ...

The study of mitochondrial DNA has enabled scientists to trace a family tree that connects all of humanity to a single female ...

A remarkably complete plesiosaur fossil found in southern Germany is shedding light on the early evolution of these iconic ...