Exposing the life and work of a visionary and troubled scientist opens a window onto the evolution of altruism.
Exposing the life and work of a visionary and troubled scientist opens a window onto the evolution of altruism.
Researchers find antibiotic resistance genes in 30,000-year-old bacteria, suggesting such resistance is not a modern phenomenon.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in evolutionary biology, from Faculty of 1000
A new estimate of eukaryotic diversity suggests a total of 8.7 million species. So far, scientists have discovered only 1.2 million of them.
A new yeast species found in Patagonia appears to be the missing half of the long-used lager yeast.
Fossils discovered in Australian rocks may be the remnants of three and a half billion-year-old microorganisms.
Two newly described fossils suggest that wood is some 10 million years older than previous believed.
Plant and fungal symbionts swap more resources with partners that provide a greater return of nutrients.
Scientists discover that ancestors of the unicellular fungi can synthesize essential biomolecules with only trace levels of O2.
Mothers more likely to have twins have heavier, healthier non-twin babies, possibly explaining why twinning evolved.