A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

The discovery of a billion-year-old fossil in Scotland offers exciting new insight into animal evolution, BC researcher says Loch Torridon in Scotland, where the microfossil was discovered. Photo: ...

Misinformation is usually framed as a uniquely human failing, a byproduct of social media feeds, partisan politics, and click ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...

A biologist explains the surprising evolutionary math behind how the blue whale became the largest animal that has ever lived ...

Air bubbles trapped in ancient halite reveal a lost world, one more oxygen-rich and stable than anyone expected.

Fossil insect find, Zekuforma maculata, reveals a land-to-water experiment in evolution, rewriting 230 million years of true ...

This article is a summary of Roy Ratcliffe’s recently released book ‘Life on Earth’ (Past, Present and Future)’. Of all the millions of species of life that have existed on earth over billions of ...