An insight borrowed from computer science suggests that evolution values both fitness and diversity.
Is the random noise inside a cell a nuisance, or have cells evolved ways to put it to work?
By comparing the genomes of social and solitary bees, scientists hope to uncover the basis for communal behavior.
Knowing the rules behind ant-made structures could help scientists understand how other complex systems emerge in nature.
A large new study of ovenbird lineages questions the extent to which competing species push each other to evolve.
Scientists have finally resolved the structure of the molecule that responds to chili peppers, high temperatures and spider toxins.
Scientists have discovered building blocks similar to those in modern RNA that can effortlessly assemble when mixed in water and heated.
Some organisms respond to stress by driving up their mutation rate. Are they evolving specific mechanisms to enhance evolution in times of crisis?
Mysterious episodes of genetic duplication in our great ape ancestors may have paved the way for human evolution.