An ancient ancestor of spiders and relatives doubled its genome about 400 million years ago, setting the stage for the ...

Cutting-edge genetics research reveals a startling legacy embedded in our DNA.

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

Octopuses break so many biological expectations that scientists still struggle to explain how they ended up this way through ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Is evolution a gradual process or a punctuated one, ...

From epic poetry to game shows, from Stone Age axes to spaceflight, humans have the most complex cultures of any species on Earth. Since the time of Darwin, scientists have suspected that this culture ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable genetic phenomenon in lycophytes, which are similar to ferns and among the oldest land plants. Their study reveals that these plants ...

There is a good chance that many of you watching right now have a dog somewhere nearby. But what do you actually know about where dogs come from? You're probably aware they evolved from wolves, but ...

MPN-BP transformation is driven by sequential mutations disrupting genomic stability, with TP53 mutations being strong predictors of progression. TP53 mutations confer a selective growth advantage, ...