"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires ...

In most narratives, the story of evolution is the story of organisms emerging from the ocean and eventually populating the ...

The ocean depths remain one of the last unexplored frontiers of our planet, where every scientific dive can reveal ...

ANN ARBOR—For a long time, evolutionary biologists have thought that the genetic mutations that drive the evolution of genes and proteins are largely neutral: they're neither good nor bad, but just ...

The moss was attached to the International Space Station, fully exposed to the harsh environment of the cosmos. Not only did ...

In the animal kingdom, penises can be spiked, split, corkscrewed – even detachable. They’re one of the most diverse ...

Frank Darabont’s The Green Mile stands as one of the most emotionally profound Stephen King adaptations. Set on death row ...

New research challenges the long-standing idea that most fixed genetic mutations are neutral. For many years, scientists studying evolution have believed that most genetic changes influencing how ...

Small Yellowstone quakes changed deep groundwater chemistry and boosted hidden microbes. The study shows how shaking can ...

Scientists have recovered the oldest-known RNA, a molecule necessary for most biological functions, from a woolly mammoth that inhabited Siberia about 39,000 years ago, showing it can last longer than ...

Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the ...

Moss spores survived an extended stay on the outside of the ISS and remained capable of germinating once back on Earth. Their ...