Most people see fruit flies as a nuisance. A scientist at Washington State University Vancouver sees them as the key to understanding evolution.

Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to ...

As Los Angeles recovers from its devastating wildfires environmental engineers urban planners and natural disaster experts ...

Monash researchers have made a breakthrough discovery about the invasion success of plants, with the revelation that ...

Scientists discovered that rapid temperature changes due to climate change are forcing species to move or be replaced faster than ever.

Darwin Festival will take over Veterans Hall in the Ellison Campus Center for 10 speaking events from Feb. 10 through Feb. 14.

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol—a necessary hormone for ...

New research suggests that the earliest dinosaurs may have originated in equatorial regions of Gondwana, encompassing the ...

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss.

Polar Bears Are Changing Their Diets Polar bears, the iconic arctic giants, are being driven to make significant dietary ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...