When evolution skeptics want to attack Darwin's theory, they often point to the human eye. How could something so complex, they argue, have developed through random mutations and natural selection ...

From Pekingese to St. Bernard and greyhound, dogs come in such startling variety it's easy to forget they belong to the same species. The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects ...

Woody Woodpecker also headed the list of favorites in the research ... “It is customary to have an evolution in the taste that the children have for comic strips.” said the professor. “A few years ago ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying principle of biology today, is that all species are related to one another like ...

It’s suppertime in the Amazon of lowland Bolivia, and Ana Cuata Maito is stirring a porridge of plantains and sweet manioc over a fire smoldering on the dirt floor of her thatched hut, listening ...

This conspicuous clown-faced woodpecker of western oak woodlands is remarkable for its social habits, living over much of its range in communal groups of up to 4 or more breeding males and as many ...

As it turns out, this event would open up the opportunity to predict and see evolution unfolding before our eyes. Before, the islands and their small intertidal skerries -- rocky islets -- were ...

To explain the remarkable diversity of life histories among species we must understand how evolution shapes organisms to optimize their reproductive success. The principal aim of life history ...

Innovation in Stone Tool Technology Involved Multiple Stages at the Time of Modern Human Dispersals Feb. 7, 2024 — A new study illuminates the cultural evolution that took place approximately ...

Today, there are an estimated 7,900 clusters ranging from Virginia to Texas. Over 1,800 red-cockaded woodpeckers are dwelling in East Texas, residing at the W.G. Jones and I.D. Fairchild State ...

In the game of evolution, key behavioral adaptations that confer fitness in survival and reproduction, paying tremendous dividends for an individual's progeny, may seemingly arise from thin air ...