Galápagos plants show repeated evolution and emerging species, emphasizing evolution’s flexibility and active role today.

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...

The work of a scientist isn’t just observing something out in the world. Scientists must invite other experts to weigh in on ...

Nathaniel K., age 15, Hamilton, Ohio For most students, science is something you study and something you have to learn. I remember when I was in school, adults were always asking me things like “Do ...

She was one of the first doctors in Canada to provide hormones to trans-identifying youth. She now believes most kids should not be medicalized You can save this article by registering for free here.

India’s world of children’s entertainment has travelled a long way—from foreign-dubbed shows to a thriving local ecosystem that’s fun, culturally fluent, and digitally powered. What began as an ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It describes how organisms change over time as a result of changes in heritable ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head. By Carl Zimmer Look at ...

Why does “bouba” sound round and “kiki” sound spiky? This intuition that ties certain sounds to shapes is oddly reliable all over the world. For at least a century scientists have considered this ...

Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete ...