Evolutionary Biology

Beetle cultures Tenebrio molitor used in this study originated from an outbred stock culture of more than 100,000…

Hardin, G. The competitive exclusion principle. Science 131, 1292–1298 (1960). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Barnosky, A. D.…

Most predators hunt with eyes or speed. This blind, burrowing mole hunts with 25,000 touch receptors — and…

The strawberry sap beetle (Stelidota geminata), one of two invasive beetle species found to serve as vectors for…

The axolotl may look cartoonishly harmless, but beneath its frilly gills lies one of evolution’s most astonishing survival…

Image in public domain. When the world goes bad, some plants do something astonishing. They can’t run or…

With rodent teeth, bat-like ears and a woodpecker-inspired hunting strategy, this primate may just be one of evolution’s…

A reconstruction drawing of Pohlsepia mazonensis. Credit: Dr. Thomas Clements, University of Reading The “world’s oldest octopus” was…

This unassuming worm hunts with a self-assembling slime net. Here’s what scientists have uncovered about its biology, behavior…

Life reconstruction of Devonian tetrapodomorph fish Koharalepis jarviki. Original painting by honors student and paleoartist Thomas Turner. Credit:…

Ancient octopuses may have been giant predators that ruled the seas. Fossilized jaws show they had crushing bites…

Different species, separated by millions of years, may still follow the same genetic blueprint, suggesting evolution is less…

Genetic variation in transgenerational immune priming and its association with fecundity and body mass in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor