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

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

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

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

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

One of the most popular explanations for why menopause evolved in some species is called the grandmother hypothesis. Essentially, older females stop having offspring of their own, and redirect energy ...

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

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 ...

Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time the process has been observed in the wild.

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.