The Grants return each year to Daphne Major to observe and measure finches. They have been collecting data on the finches for over 25 years and have witnessed natural selection operating in different ...

A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals that the diversity of nonribosomal peptides, a class of compounds ...

Molecular evolutionary biologist Masatoshi Nei says Darwin never proved natural selection is the driving force of evolution — because it isn't. In a cavernous concert hall, before an eager audience of ...

There’s a set of researchers in the scientific community who feel like the past 10,000 years of human existence didn’t really see a whole lot of movement in terms of noticeable, genetic-level ...

Many of the most potent antibiotics originate from bacteria. A large proportion belong to a class of compounds known as nonribosomal peptides (NRP). They are produced by large bacterial enzyme ...

When the theory of evolution was put forth by Alfred Wallace and Charles Darwin in 1859, biological science was in its embryonic stage. Naturalists (the precursors of biologists) had been content with ...

Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions — reveals common pitfalls in the teaching of evolution through natural selection and suggests effective practices for ...