A common element in “Star Trek” and other science fiction is their depiction of humanoid alien species. If life exists ...

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Despite what Andrew Buncce says in his Sept. 17 letter, evolution is a fact. It was arrived at through an exhaustive and diligent search for the truth. It is supported by the vast weight of scientific ...

Since classifications have existed, wall lizards have been known to exhibit a diversity of throat colors, a phenomenon that ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

Hidden within fish DNA are powerful genetic twists that may explain one of nature’s biggest mysteries: how new species form so quickly. In Lake Malawi, hundreds of cichlid fish species evolved at ...

Paleorex is back on Bored Panda with his detailed, science-based creatures, showing us how animals like big cats, birds, and reptiles might evolve in the future. In this article, we’re featuring even ...

This year marked the 20th anniversary of the annual Darwin Days in Ithaca, which is hosted by the Museum of the Earth. More than 160 years after Charles Darwin's publication of The Origin of Species, ...

What is the relationship between scientific knowledge and belief in evolution? I have recently been reviewing data that explores this issue and am sharing what I found. There clearly are some ...