Salinella salve, an organism described as a single layer of cells, ciliated on both inner and outer surfaces and surrounding…
In Chapter 3, "Out of the Tropics," author Nina G. Jablonski, explores the genes behind skin pigmentation and makes the distinction between color and race.
A unique organism sighted only once, more than a century ago, could shed light on the evolution of multicellularity—if it ever actually existed.
Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
Epigenetic changes accrued over an organism’s lifetime may leave a permanent heritable mark on the genome, through the help of long noncoding RNAs.
The biological and social ramifications of skin pigmentation are too often ignored by scientists, teachers, and the general public.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Wired for Story, Dreamland, Homo Mysterious, and Vagina
Competition for resources between mothers- and daughters-in-law having children at the same time could have been a driver for the emergence of menopause.
A Bill of Rights amendment reaffirming the right to pray could have negative consequences for the teaching of evolution.