morphology, evolution

Researchers mapped ear canal shape to body temperature to predict when ancestors of mammals first became endothermic.

The new fossil from Laos helps answer the question of how some people from Oceania carry DNA from the ancient hominin.

The discovery, made on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, constitutes an exceptionally high number of new mammals to be described in a single paper.

Shared features, such as thick, slimy skin and a throat filled with teeth, suggest that medusafishes are all related.

Big heads come in handy when the social insects are tasked with defending their nest.

The Yale biologist says that organisms’ behavior, physiology, and morphology engage in a constant “evolutionary dance.”

The skull changed shape in different ways than the brain during evolution, according to a new comparative study.

Hurricanes drive evolution in anole lizards, finds a new study.

Intricate, digital maps of animals’ teeth, created using the same geographical tools used by mapmakers, may help researchers determine the diets of extinct species.

Full genomes of Darwin’s Galápagos finches reveal a critical gene for beak shape and three overlooked species.

Researchers create a phylogenetic tree of insects by comparing the sequences of 1,478 protein-coding genes among species.