Evolution is nature's engine, driving and shaping genetic change and the diversity around us. Charles Darwin famously ...

The mysterious curly coated horses in South America evaded the famed naturalist. But now one couple is forming a herd of their own—and trying to save the species.

The mating rituals of many bird species involve elaborate dances and displays by the males. The evolutionary reasons for the ...

Multilevel selection is a controversial concept originally proposed by Darwin. A new study found evidence for it in the wild ...

CHARLES DARWIN: Hi fans, followers and friends, Charles Darwin here, the man who's going to give you the theory of evolution and natural selection. My theory is plants and animals do not stay the ...

The bird is found on several of the Galápagos islands, where Darwin developed his theory of natural selection ... a team including Island Conservation and the Charles Darwin Foundation began ...

Selfishness aids survival but requires balance in society. While modern life rewards both selfish and cooperative behaviors, ...

He was a scientist born in Shropshire, who, when studying birds on a tropical island, went: "Huh? The beaks are bigger on this island's birds than another island's birds? I wonder why this is?". He ...

A secretive creature observed by Darwin has long since been thought extinct, until observers recently spotted a specimen.

Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.

Large soda lakes may have provided the high phosphorus levels needed for life to begin on Earth, offering a new explanation ...

Understanding how these colonizations happen has fascinated scientists since the time of Charles Darwin, the originator of the theory of evolution by natural selection. Previously, biologists had ...