Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.

A tiny freshwater snail from New Zealand is giving scientists a glimpse into evolution in motion. University of Iowa ...

Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

The evolution of the lung represents a compelling chapter in evolutionary developmental biology, highlighting the intricate interplay between genetic mechanisms and environmental pressures during the ...

A UB study highlights how evolutionary adaptations to diet and disease may have influenced primate biology, including humans.

Sitting along the border of Spain and France is a stunning natural laboratory, not only in the typical sense of the word—as ...

Other than a few species of whale, humans are the only mammals that consistently demonstrate the unusual phenomenon of menopause. Most animals maintain their reproductive ability for the vast majority ...

As recently as 1966, sheik Abd el Aziz bin Baz asked the king of Saudi Arabia to suppress a heresy that was spreading in his land. Wrote the sheik: "The Holy Koran, the Prophet's teachings, the ...