There are few times in life when one should aim for suboptimal performance, but new research at Rice University suggests scientists who study metabolism and its role in evolution should look for signs ...

"Industrialization has rapidly transformed the world around us—faster than our bodies can adapt,” an evolutionary ...

One night back in 2016, Shane Campbell-Staton couldn’t sleep. Doing what any person who feels inexplicably restless at 3 a.m. might do, biologist Campbell-Staton embarked down a YouTube rabbit hole. A ...

People living in the highlands and lowlands of Papua New Guinea have different frequencies of several Denisovan genetic variants, which may help them adapt to their local environmental conditions. The ...

Wild animals that have acquired adaptations to maximize their reproductive output in some of the world's most extreme conditions may provide answers to some of the most pressing problems in the field ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest ...

In a recently published study, scientists from Dartmouth College revealed findings that provide insights into the evolutionary trajectory of early hominins. Spearheaded by postdoctoral researcher Luke ...

Chowing down on a cheeseburger one day. Supping on sushi the next. It's the American way. But while our palates may find plenty of pleasure in the global village, our metabolic machinery is still ...

A female grey seal tending to her pup on the beaches of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Gray seals only nurse their pups for 15-20 days before the female leaves and the pup must learn to forage on its own.