The study shows that light helps animals camouflage better by creating complex shadows, while cloudy light makes them easier ...

Two University of Chicago scholars have been elected to theNational Academy of Sciences, joining other scientists and researchers chosen in “recognition of their distinguished a ...

Poison frogs appear to have built their chemical defenses gradually: related frogs store low to moderate levels of ...

Stress research delves into the profound effects of stressors across biological systems, highlighting its central role in physiology, behavior, and ...

The concept of spacetime, first described in Einstein's theory of general relativity, has since been widely studied by many ...

Ibarra, professor in the Department of Evolution and Ecology at University of California, Davis, as a member. His election ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Computational biologist Brandon Ogbunu explores and writes about the intersection of science, society, and culture. We spoke ...

Wadi El-Hitan, or Whale Valley, in Egypt’s Western Desert preserves one of the world’s most important fossil records for understanding how whales evolved from land-dwelling mammals into fully aquatic ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the ...