In October 2024, a diverse group of scientists gathered to think outside the box on evolution. They wanted to step back and ...

The story of life on Earth is deeply intertwined with the evolution of photosynthesis, a process that transformed the ...

"The most acidic natural inland waters are the lakes that lie in the craters of volcanoes, like Kawah Ijen in Indonesia.

“Evolution isn't just a story about where we came from. It's an epic at the center of life itself.”– Kenneth R. Miller, Biologist, Brown University If you are reading this sentence, you’re ...

Sharks have roamed the open seas for close to half a billion years and have witnessed the Earth’s evolution from a primordial ...

Almost all living things share the same genetic code, and the origin of this code has long been a topic of scientific debate.

Nearly all living organisms use the same genetic code, a complicated mechanism by which genetic information is translated into proteins, the building blocks of life. A new study suggests conventional ...

Organisms that have evolved down “one-way” paths may lack the flexibility to respond to new selection pressures in particular ways and have to figure out new strategies to change. In lineages such as ...

These same minerals are also found in hot springs today, such as the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park in ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe—life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do ...

The evolution of life on Earth has progressed over billions of years from single-celled organisms to large animals and other species, including humans. Exoplanets are remote and hundreds of ...