Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed ...

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection transformed biology and continues to guide modern science, from ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It describes how organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable ...

Dolphins developed streamlined bodies and other adaptations when they transitioned from land to water 50 million years ago. Credit: Pexels.com.

Experiments reveal that unsaturated lipid membranes promote vesicle fusion and DNA retention during freeze–thaw cycles, highlighting icy environments as potential drivers of protocell evolution. Today ...

To understand why Tyrannosaurus rex ended up with such diminished limbs, we must first understand how natural selection functions. The long history of life on Earth is often viewed as a progression ...

Some say that war is the engine of human history. The same could be said about wildlife and the ecosystems they inhabit.

The Drakensberger cattle breed has been part of the South African landscape for ages. So-called black indigenous cattle ...

Charles Darwin has shown that the company we keep reveals our moral and intellectual qualities. His remark reminded readers ...

Nassim Taleb, in his 2004 classic, Fooled by Randomness, included a chapter titled “Survival of the Least Fit – Can Evolution Be Fooled by Randomness?” In it, he explains how the most successful ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have discovered a ribozyme that is shockingly small, yet ...

Give a hand to hall of famers The 2026 Astoria High School class could best be described as a throwback. With six athletes, ...