A new study conducted by the Institute for Biology Education has concluded that the way in which supporting knowledge of key ...

Several key moments in Earth's history help us humans answer the question "How did we get here?" These moments also shed ...

Evolution of human traitsIcons depict cultural and biological milestones in human evolution. Álvaro Valiño Evolution is relentless; when the chance of survival can be increased, it finds a way ...

A new study reveals that the aerobic nitrogen cycle in the ocean may have occurred about 100 million years before oxygen began to significantly accumulate in the atmosphere, based on nitrogen isotope ...

Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...

Scientists are now investigating animals that resist cosmic radiation and may be actively using it to survive and evolve. Lifeforms from microscopic tardigrades to subterranean fungi show astonishing ...

Music is a universal language across time, peoples, and geographies, and also fundamental to our human experience, a result ...

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

The new findings highlight how physical forces influence biological evolution. “We always think about genes and chemicals, but there’s also a strong underpinning of physics in the development ...

Following vocal criticism of an initial revision to Iowa’s science education standards that stripped away phrases like “climate change” and “biological evolution” from what K-12 students ...

A version of proposed updates to Iowa’s science education standards — omitting the phrases “climate change” and “biological evolution” — is not the version a 37-member “Iowa ...