My colleague and I have published a new study of cactus flowers which may help explain the conundrum. For more than a century ...

How a collection of London pigeons and Galápagos mockingbirds provided the receipts for Darwin’s biggest ideas.

The appendix supports the immune system. It contains gut-associated lymphoid tissue – immune cells embedded in the intestinal wall that help monitor microbial activity in the gut. In early life, this ...

As soon as Mother Nature allows, Natural Selection Tour Revelstoke will be underway. Festivities kick off on March 9, 2026, with the airing of two NST Super Sessions: One at Powder Mountain in Utah ...

When a species lives in two distinct types of habitats, individuals with traits better suited to each habitat will thrive and reproduce, naturally selecting descendants with those traits. But what ...

The NET rankings system is a way for the Selection committee to evaluate college basketball teams ahead of the NCAA Tournament. Before of the 2018-19 season, the NCAA created NET to replace the ...

Not long ago, artificial intelligence models were just helpful assistants, helping you to predict your next word in email and suggest an alternative route to avoid traffic. In short, AI was a tool of ...

When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal escapes predators, the strongest plant produces more seeds, and the most ...

For decades, evolution has often been taught as a simple story: individuals compete, and the fittest traits win. But a sweeping review of nearly 50 years of research suggests that this story is ...

When a historic power outage hit Nashville, chilly people wanted answers. Some, including one of Tennessee’s senators, wanted firings. But who’s in charge of Nashville's power company? President and ...