Men have nipples, mammary glands and the hormones required, but the ability for male lactation rarely turns on. Here’s why ...

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

The blooming of a titan arum, or corpse plant, is a spectacle like none other in the plant world. With its putrid stench, ...

A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

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

One of the most popular explanations for why menopause evolved in some species is called the grandmother hypothesis.

Scientists discover that fast-changing cactus flowers, not size or pollinators, are behind the rapid evolution of new cactus species.

Your body is a living museum of evolution, carrying within it the remarkable story of our species' 6-million-year journey from tree-dwelling primates to ...

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is one of today's best science fiction books. While much of the science and math is great, it falls a bit when it comes to evolution.