As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide ...

The development of hair was of central importance for the evolution of mammals and thus also of humans. However, the evolutionary origin of the genetic program of hair was previously unknown.

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

Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes-a major vector of malaria in South America-are evolving in response to insecticides, which may make them harder to kill and malaria more difficult to control, according ...

A study has traced thousands of conserved regulatory elements back 300 million years, revealing deep principles of plant genome evolution—a discovery that could pave the way for more precise ...

The steady influx of newcomers to Washington from around the country has weakened significantly since before the pandemic, new data from the Washington Department of Licensing shows. Last year, about ...

A famous 300-million-year-old fossil that was thought to be the world's oldest octopus—even featuring in the Guinness Book of Records—has turned out to be something else altogether. In what amounts to ...