climate change, evolution

The massive mammals that roamed Earth some 30,000 years ago may have gone extinct as a result of global warming, according to an ancient-DNA study.

Global warming could lead to lighter-colored insects with waning immune defenses.

Can seed banks adequately prepare for the future if wild plant populations are already lagging behind in adapting to rapid climate change?

Due to the effects of climate change, female fur seals that successfully breed do so later in life and are more likely to have increased variability within their genomes.

September 2013's selection of notable quotes

In order to adapt to this century’s changing temperatures, vertebrates will need to evolve much faster than in previous eras.

This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.

A genetic analysis reveals that the polar bear split from the brown bear some 600,000 years ago.

A new law opens the door to teaching creationism and climate change denialism in the state's public schools.

A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in ecology, from Faculty of 1000

Two genome-wide studies, backed up by field experiments, identify SNPs that correlate with Arabidopsis fitness in various climates.