A bright red band on a butterfly’s wing is a warning: eat me and you’ll regret it. That same red band shows up on dozens of ...

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. “Where are all the genetic cures?” asks Denis Noble, a ...

Snails on a tiny rocky islet evolved before scientists' eyes. The marine snails were reintroduced after a toxic algal bloom wiped them out from the skerry. While the researchers intentionally brought ...

Computational biologist Brandon Ogbunu explores and writes about the intersection of science, society, and culture. We spoke to this 2024 winner of an Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in ...

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 ...

The molecular clock theory posits that genetic changes happen steadily and gradually, offering a reliable means for peering into the past and theorizing when complex life first emerged. However, there ...

The Alabama Board of Education plans to make minor changes to its science course of study, but has no plans to remove a textbook insert, used since 1995, that calls evolution a “controversial theory.” ...

Birds 'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our own species': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are the ultimate survivors Cosmology 'The chances of you living 50 years are ...

A bird swoops toward a bright orange-and-black moth resting on a leaf in the Amazon. It pulls up at the last second. The ...