Evolution describes changes in inherited traits of populations through successive generations. To fully understand the science of ecology, one must first be able to grasp evolutionary concepts. Aa Aa ...

Digital evolution experiments show repeated environmental changes can push populations toward different long term outcomes.

Every community comes to a crossroads: should they transform via evolution versus revolution? Make no mistake, transforming a local community is a complex undertaking that can be approached through ...

In 2017, unprecedented rainfall from Hurricane Harvey caused local extinctions of populations of soapberry bugs. This allowed researchers from Rice University and UC Davis to observe evolution at work ...

The version of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin focused on slow, incremental changes that only gradually build into the sort of differences that separate species. But that doesn’t rule out the ...

It is often assumed that modern humans are no longer evolving. But there is now considerable agreement among scientists that evolution is still affecting our species—and this process is taking place ...

Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All ...

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York. A ...

Why does natural selection appear to happen slowly on long timescales and quickly on short ones? A multigenerational study of four lizard species addresses biology’s “paradox of stasis.” James Stroud ...

HOUSTON – (Oct. 9, 2023) – With species the world over on the move due to climate change, a unique experiment in the wake of 2017’s Hurricane Harvey has revealed a way that species can instantly ...