A surprise discovery in a remote Australian desert region has given us new clues into the evolution of complex animal life, ...

In the shadow of South Australia's largest mountain range beneath the outback soil lies a fossil record that reveals a rich ...

In the vast, arid landscape of South Australia’s outback, a fossil record lies hidden beneath the soil, holding crucial clues ...

The strange creature—which bears a question-mark shape on its body—roved about like a prehistoric Roomba, researchers said.

A 30-year-long study of a small population of marine snail shows how evolution can adapt to environmental changes quite ...

A team of researchers have observed marine snails evolve to closely resemble their predecessors over just 30 years – which is ...

Paleontologists have recently unearthed a significant discovery in the Nilpena Ediacara National Park, located in the remote ...

as it’s not easy to note changes—or even predict future mutations—in most animal populations. But sometimes, the conditions to study evolution at work are just right. However, it’s because ...

The researchers have discovered Quaestio, a 635 to 538 million-year-old animal, at Nilpena Ediacara National Park in Australia.

Whether intentional or not, the way mega-settlements in southeastern Europe from 6,000 years ago were laid out would have cut ...

Molecular evolution is the area of evolutionary biology that studies evolutionary change at the level of the DNA sequence. It includes the study of rates of sequence change, relative importance of ...

It includes topics such as the evolution of genome structure, the genetic basis of speciation and adaptation, and genetic change in response to selection within populations. European forest tree ...