A simple change in species composition can impact the course of evolution: A research team from the University of Bern and ...

The same regulatory landscape which influences the development of fingers is present in fish, despite their distinct lack of digits. When researchers used CRISPR (a common gene editing tool) to fiddle ...

A tiny fish fossil found far inland in Canada reveals new insight into the evolution of catfish, carp, and 2/3 of all ...

By connecting fossil evidence with modern genetics and computer simulations, Liu’s team has revealed how a tiny set of ear ...

Researchers in Alberta uncovered a fossil fish that rewrites the evolutionary history of otophysans, which today dominate ...

Through advanced isotopic analyses, Rodnyel Arosemena seeks to understand how fish in the Caribbean and the Pacific that had a common ancestor take advantage of the resources of their different ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...

An incredible genetic analysis reveals that a lungfish has a larger genome than a human. We explore what this means.

While the world grapples with managing the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, recent studies highlight that viruses also play a ...