Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are not like big animals that leave clear signs in the ...

In the depths of the ocean, where there’s no sunlight and the pressure could crush a submarine, a handful of animals have ...

Thus, understanding the evolutionary history of living species amounts to understanding where on the tree of life these species' distinctive traits arose. Moreover, phylogenetic trees serve as ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

From the genius and torment of Charles Darwin to the scientific revolution that spawned the tree of life, from the power of sex to drive evolutionary change to the importance of mass extinctions ...

Discover the evolution of bacteria through machine learning, DNA comparisons, and the Great Oxidation Event 2.4 billion years ...

“Evolution isn't just a story about where ... to experience some of the evolutionary wonders contained in the tree of life." The other tool that came out of their research is a puzzle-based ...

Fish don’t exist. In her novel “Why Fish Don’t Exist,” Lulu Miller points out that a true “fish” clade containing an ancestor ...

The new family tree overturns some previous ideas ... studying genomes and fossils together to understand the evolutionary history of life on Earth.

New study shows how bird traits like gene makeup and clutch size shape evolution. This may help scientists understand ...