One-of-a-kind experiment tracks plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites worldwide

For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that ...
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Human Evolution May Be Undergoing a Major Shift Right Before Our Eyes

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...

A captive chimp's instrumental performances hint at the evolution of vocal externalization

In February 2023, a resident at Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior—EHUB—treated ...

“Hulk Lizards” Are Wiping Out Millions of Years of Evolution

A dominant “Hulk” lizard morph is wiping out other color variants, demonstrating how fast evolutionary balance can collapse.

How humans took over the planet: The role of cultural evolution

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

Cacti may help explain a centuries‑old mystery of evolution

My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...