Genomic analysis reveals squid and cuttlefish evolved in deep oceans, survived mass extinction in refuges, and later rapidly diversified, following a “long fuse” evolutionary pattern.

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Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth. These ...

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At the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan, I sat down with legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto and Illumination founder ...

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 ...

New research is significantly revising a widely cited evolutionary model, the Inhibitory Cascade Mode (ICM). Benjamin Auerbach, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the ...

Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scarlet monkeyflower survived California's worst drought in 1,200 years. - Seema Sheth During California’s worst dry spell in ...

During California’s worst dry spell in the past 1,200 years, some populations of wildflowers defied the odds to survive the ordeal. Researchers say they now believe these flowers relied on a type of ...