evolution

An international team of researchers has shown that it may be possible to improve the effectiveness of the seasonal flu vaccine by ‘pre-empting’ the...

Latest research shows the females of some mammal species will have many mates to ensure unclear paternity, so that males can’t resort to killing...

A new fossil discovery identifies the earliest evidence for animals with muscles.

New three-dimensional reconstructions show how some of the earliest animals on Earth developed, and provide some answers as to why they went extinct...

A major fossil discovery in Canada sheds new light on the development of the earliest vertebrates, including the origin of jaws, the first time this...

Research published today looks at the evolutionary pathways to differences in bird plumage patterns between males and females – and concludes that...

Our earliest ancestors may have started walking on two limbs instead of four in a bid to monopolise resources and to carry as much food as possible...

The relationship between science and religion has had its rocky moments. But Dr Robert Asher, author of the newly published book 'Evolution and...