At some point in evolutionary history, whales and dolphins passed a threshold their bodies could never recover from.

In modern jurisprudence, seeking universal law does not necessarily mean seeking natural law. Even if one refuses to pre-establish norms that transcend individual positive laws and evaluate actual ...

An international team of researchers has developed a new theoretical framework that bridges physics and biology to provide a unified approach for understanding how complexity and evolution emerge in ...

A major research study is challenging one of evolution’s most influential ideas: that most genetic changes that become permanent are essentially neutral. Researchers at the University of Michigan ...

Finding a place for "chance" in evolutionWhen we encounter the forms and mechanisms of living things, we ask, "What is the use of this?" Bird wings are useful for flying, and fish gills are useful for ...

Williams' third book about evolutionary psychology, a controversial field often drawn on (and distorted) by the manosphere, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Humanity’s understanding of life was forever altered when ...

A long-disputed rule in biology says bigger is better, but a new computer model illuminates why that’s not necessarily true. By Lauren Leffer Published Jan 18, 2024 11:45 AM EST Add Popular Science ...

In the article "To Effectively Discuss Evolution, First Define 'Theory'" in the May 12 issue of The Scientist (R. Lewis, page 13), it was stated that the term "theory of evolution" should be replaced ...

A controversial explanation for why human childbirth is so painful has enraged the internet. Elena Bridgers, a science writer and researcher who focuses on the evolution of motherhood, recently shared ...