Deep beneath the Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran and the flowstone chambers of Montenegro's Dinaric Karst, two tiny white ...

The video explores whether extraterrestrial life would resemble Earth organisms or evolve into forms beyond anything ...

A new PNAS study finds identical genetic changes independently evolved in jellyfish lineages separated by more than 600 ...

Ichthyosaur skeletons are in general quite light, but the ribs are not,” says Jørgen Krøglid. The results from his research ...

A new study has found that adaptive molecular convergence—the process by which distantly related or unrelated species evolve the same genomic changes—is not as rare as previously thought.

A new study has found that adaptive molecular convergence — the process by which distantly or unrelated species evolve the ...

Hummingbird Hawkmoth Exhibits Astonishing AbilitiesThe Astonishing Abilities of the Hummingbird Hawkmothby Frank Sherwin, ...

The fourth angle in our new series, 'AI from the Perspective of X,' is 'Biology.' Following history, materials, and ...

A newly discovered four-winged dinosaur from China suggests that dinosaur wings evolved twice independently in different dinosaur groups—using different routes to reach similar flight adaptations. The ...

New research from the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo suggests ichthyosaurs’ rib cages may have done a job modern whale ribs don’t: acting as ballast to help them dive.

Boston University is launching two new programs to support convergent research across its numerous schools, colleges, and research centers. The programs, which are the result of a yearlong process by ...

The incredible variety of organisms present in our ecosystem offers numerous examples of the creative solutions to problems posed by nature. Take the dolphin and shark, for example. The former is a ...