Have you ever looked into the mirror and wondered just how deeply your roots stretch back in the tree of life? It might ...

However, this image oversimplifies the process of evolution. We did not evolve ... find the common ancestor of everything we call a “fish,” that you’d end up including tetrapods like cows and humans! ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

Picture this: you’re gazing into a vibrant aquarium, entranced by the hypnotic dance of fish. But what if I told you that ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

One of the most important milestones in the evolution of life began some 400 million years ago, when the first animals made their way from water onto land. At that time, known as the Devonian ...