Environments containing species that are distantly related to one another are more productive than those containing closely related species, according to new research from the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC).

Biology - Evolution

May 13, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 2 |

In the first chapter of The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin detailed his examinations of the skeletons of a variety of different breeds of domestic pigeons. To agreement today, he concluded that they a ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 02, 2013 3.8 / 5 (16) 14 |

Anyone who has spent time in the tropics knows that the diversity of species found there is astounding and the abundance and diversity of ants, in particular, is unparalleled. Scientists have grappled for ...

Biology - Evolution

Apr 22, 2013 4.4 / 5 (5) 0

Dr John Stewart has made important contributions to a growing body of work that shows how the evolution of ecosystems has to be taken into account when speculating between different geological eras. Go back ...

Biology - Evolution

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Since 1859, when Darwin's classic work "On the Origin of Species" was published, we have known that populations change over the course of time. The ability to adapt to changing surroundings is the basis ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Oct 19, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Inspired by a 2009 colloquium on microbial evolution convened at the Galapagos Islands, a new book from ASM Press, Microbes and Evolution: The World That Darwin Never Saw celebrates Charles Darwin and his landmark publication ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 30, 2012 2 / 5 (1) 0

A study of South American songbirds completed by the Department of Biology at Queen's University and the Argentine Museum of Natural History, has discovered these birds differ dramatically in colour and song yet show very ...

Biology - Evolution

Dec 08, 2011 4.2 / 5 (5) 0 |

A new species of eel found in the gloom of an undersea cave is a "living fossil" astonishingly similar to the first eels that swam some 200 million years ago, biologists reported on Wednesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 17, 2011 4.8 / 5 (19) 58

(AP) -- One of the world's most famous fossil creatures, widely considered the earliest known bird, is getting a rude present on the 150th birthday of its discovery: A new analysis suggests it isn't a bird ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jul 27, 2011 4.7 / 5 (10) 9

Naturalist Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" is credited with sparking evolution's revolution in scientific thought, but many observers had pondered evolution before him. It was understanding the ...

Biology - Evolution

Jan 12, 2011 4.5 / 5 (4) 13

Beginning around 542 million years ago, a profusion of animals with shells and skeletons began to appear in the fossil record. So many life forms appeared during this time that it is often referred to as the ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Nov 10, 2010 4.3 / 5 (9) 0 |

The yellow monkeyflower, an unassuming little plant that lives as both a perennial on the foggy coasts of the Pacific Northwest and a dry-land annual hundreds of miles inland, harbors a significant clue about evolution.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 28, 2010 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

The father of evolution Charles Darwin was a direct descendant of the Cro-Magnon people, whose entry into Europe 30,000 years ago heralded the demise of Neanderthals, scientists revealed in Australia Thursday.

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 04, 2010 4.1 / 5 (13) 0

(AP) -- An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.

Biology - Other

Nov 22, 2009 4.2 / 5 (6) 2

Many people have tried to read Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species," whose publication celebrates its 150th anniversary this month, but gave up.

Biology - Evolution

Nov 09, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0