A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding ...

By combining data on all known bird species, this tree is the most impressive snapshot yet of one of Earth’s most ...

The new research could upend what’s known of the evolution of the most primitive mammals alive today. Found in Australia and New Guinea, the platypus and echidna are called monotremes ...

Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...

Evolution: The gradual development of something from an earlier form. When Europeans invaded America and set up the USA, their experience back in Europe of religious persecution, caused by the ...

Unlocking the Genetic Basis of Adaptive Evolution: Study Reveals Complex Chromosomal Rearrangements in a Stick Insect Apr. 18, 2025 — Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color ...

The world’s most popular family of languages has its roots in a small corner of Europe. Its evolution – a story of migration, conquest, intermarriage and human progress – has lessons for how ...

Fossils of Tiktaalik roseae blended fins with hints of limbs and sported a flat head suited for peering above the waterline.

In 2013, a sea star wasting syndrome decimated populations of Pisaster along the west coast of North America and along the Monterey Peninsula in California, where this study was conducted. The orange ...

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Her 'Hannah Montana' hair transformation was the first of many. While Cyrus has been in the spotlight since the day she was born, thanks to her dad Billy Ray Cyrus's country music career, she didn ...

Learn more about a time period marked by an intense burst of evolution. 3 min read The Cambrian period, part of the Paleozoic era, produced the most intense burst of evolution ever known.