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

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth.

For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that ...

Rudy Lerosey-Aubril A tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old fossil just rewrote the origin story of spiders. After a full da ...

Sixty-five million years ago, tiny primates clung to survival in the shadows of dinosaurs’ extinction. Today, their descendants command the planet. This is the awe-inspiring saga of human evolution.

Scientists discover fossils that change what we know about evolution - Scientists have discovered fossils in China that ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

A new study shows evidence of “evolutionary rescue”—a kind of rapid evolution in which organisms genetically adapt to severe ...