Evolutionary biology is the study of how life diversifies and adapts over time through a range of processes including mutation, genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection. From its classical ...

Evolutionary ecology encompasses the study of how evolutionary processes―such as natural selection, mutation, and genetic drift―interact with ecological dynamics to shape the diversity, distribution, ...

PORT ANGELES ­— Whale evolution — how cetaceans evolved from a deer-like land animal millions of years ago — is the topic of a free lecture by biologist Dr. Jon Peters at The Landing mall Saturday ...

Students in Turkey are returning to school Monday where they will be taught evolution for the last time in their biology classes. Next fall, evolution and Charles Darwin will be scrapped from their ...

Scientists have developed a novel approach to modifying enzymes to improve functionality. They designed a new algorithm to make multiple changes to an enzyme sequence at once as compared to the ...

Organisms engineered to churn out valuable chemicals tend to slack off when they should be working most productively, after they’ve been introduced to large-scale fermentation vessels. But why? Some ...