What do these birds have in common? Very little, judging from their specialized beaks, body types, and behaviors. Yet close examination and molecular analyses reveal otherwise. Each is a member of a ...

The theory of evolution by natural selection was first formulated in Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species” in 1859. It ...

The creation of an interspecies hybrid—an organism containing genes from more than one species—is an extremely common occurrence in the realm of bacteria. The transfer of genetic material from one ...

"Darwin refined and expanded his theory of evolution over the course of several revisions of "On the Origin of Species". This book depicts the changes by coloring each word based on the edition in ...

An international team of researchers from Africa and the United States identified a newly described species of psychedelic ...

The tiny Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) has always fascinated researchers because, according to the rules of evolution, it ...

The origin story of the human species is far from set in stone. But what is set in stone is the fossil evidence that scientists study as they piece together our origin story. National Geographic ...

On April 19, 1882, Charles Darwin, author of "On the Origin of Species" and the father of evolution, died at his home in Downe, England. He was 73. More than 30 years later, in 1915, across the ...