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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence is increasing internationally, with an estimate of 1:31 in the USA. While such an ...

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 ...