Asteraceae, a family of flowering plants, are the most diverse group of flowering plants in the world. This plant family ...

Sep. 12, 2024 — Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research ...

Where do new genes come from? That's the question a team of biological sciences researchers from the U of A set out to answer ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, an international team of  researchers reveal new insights into the ...

New research suggests psilocybin mushrooms may have shaped human consciousness, supporting the Stoned Ape Hypothesis and ...

A new book of natural history essays co-written by a University of Kansas paleontologist has been published by Columbia ...

a paleoanthropologist from Harvard University's Department of Human Evolutionary Biology. (Alex is also a regular Discover contributor.) Most fossil remains from the period are fragmentary, with parts ...

Fossils found in China and elsewhere show the starts and stops of this evolutionary process throughout the Cretaceous in long ...

New research uncovers a surprising genetic mechanism that impacts the development of butterfly wing colors An international ...

Biological scientists at the U of A propose a new model for understanding how new genes and novel functions can originate through recycling and innovation of “junk.” ...

Report with the AI impact on market trends- The global synthetic biology market size is estimated to grow by USD 55.60 ...

The Philosophical Corner is a monthly column dedicated to the exposure and discussion of philosophy. In the battle of existential ideas, there exists two entities: free will and determinism. Due to ...