With more than 55% of the world’s population now living in cities, the frantic pace of urban life is changing life on a ...

Darwin's dilemma over the Big Bang of evolution explained by scientists (wiki commons) Creative Commons Darwin's dilemma, in which the sudden appearance of a host of modern animal groups 520 million ...

Evolution is so 'predictable' that if all life on Earth was wiped out, eventually a mirror-image of today's fauna would evolve, a new study of 10,000 birds claims. The study looked at how the body ...

A group of hippopotamuses rests motionless in the cool of an African freshwater spring. Schools of tiny fish have gathered round their flanks and feet, nibbling at parasites and sloughing skin. The ...

A zoo outbreak shows how SARS-CoV-2 rapidly evolves in animals, revealing why monitoring COVID-19 in wildlife is vital for ...