A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult ...

New research challenges the long-standing idea that most fixed genetic mutations are neutral. For many years, scientists studying evolution have believed that most genetic changes influencing how ...

Drug discovery remains slow, expensive and unreliable, despite many technological advances in recent decades. The journey from a small-molecule screening hit to a candidate drug typically takes 4–5 ...

We share the planet with a huge diversity of plants and creatures. But we can see similarities between organisms that live continents apart or are very different in other aspects. One reason for this ...

Research from 2019 showed that aye-ayes have a sixth finger, or as scientists call it, an “accessory digit.” Giant pandas also feature an extra finger on top of the usual five per hand. Same for moles ...

Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution is one of the most solid theories in science. But what exactly is it? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

South Korean publishers are poised to delete references to evolution from high-school textbooks, a victory for the growing creationist movement in the country. The move came after the South Korean ...