Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...

Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature’s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at ...

A common element in “Star Trek” and other science fiction is their depiction of humanoid alien species. If life exists ...

Until now, there was a conflict in the field of paleontology. Genetic analysis of how fast traits mutated and evolved ...

The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs—the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, ...

It usually takes millions of years for new species to evolve, but not for fish in one African lake.

Scientists call for a major acceleration in coral assisted evolution research to help reefs cope with rapidly warming oceans.