When COVID-19 arrived, researchers tried to build evolutionary family trees—known as phylogenetic trees—of the virus. These ...

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations ...

This article introduces the field of bioinformatics and its importance as a cornerstone of biological research, as well as ...

“Our work highlights how evolutionary adaptations to diet and disease may have influenced primate biology, including humans,” ...

Scientists have discovered three new species of African tree toads that break one of biology’s best-known rules. Instead of hatching from eggs and passing through a tadpole stage, these toads give ...

Scientists have uncovered three new toad species that have been hiding in plain sight. These hauntingly beautiful tree toads from Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains have an unusual way of reproducing.

In a new study published in Molluscan Research, Harvard researchers formally describe a new species of deep-sea limpet ...

A new study describes Wudingloong wui, an early long-necked dinosaur found in Yunnan, China. It is the oldest known member of its group in East Asia, dating to about 200 million years ago.

Part of Wayne Avenue in Dayton is closed after a massive tree fell on the road, crushing one car and resulting in the damage of another vehicle. The tree appears to have hit two cars — burying one ...