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Articles on Natural selection
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New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences
Charles Darwin used peacock trains to support his theory of sexual selection, but new research indicates that it’s a bit more complex.
Multilevel selection is a controversial concept originally proposed by Darwin. A new study found evidence for it in the wild in a group of marmots scientists have been observing for more than 60 years.
A decade of fieldwork is revealing how one of biology’s fundamental principles works in real time.
The long, sharp, blade-like canines found in many extinct predators evolved at least five times throughout history.
Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns can evolve ‘backward.’
A specific set of chemical conditions led to the emergence of life on Earth. But can life emerge from other chemistries?
Natural selection won’t keep pace with global warming if the Paris climate agreement isn’t realised.
Evolution could alter or even eliminate some of the human traits we cherish most, changing forever what it means to be human.
Three groups of cicadas have emerged together this year for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. The reason is pure mathematics.
Reduced to its essence, the process of natural selection would look a lot like play.
We may have become the most complex living creature in part by accident and replication of error.
Most of the males in a Puerto Rican monkey colony engaged in homosexual activity, a new study reveals.
A newborn bison calf in Yellowstone National Park had to be euthanized after a visitor handled it in May 2023 – a recent example of how trying to help wild animals often harms them.
Genetic evidence reveals a long, previously unknown period of adaptation to cold climates in the history of ancient human migrations across the globe.
How the social lives of animals help them survive.
False alarms are common in prey animals, but what causes them and how can they be avoided?
Face masks are still an effective way to help stop the spread of the BA.5 subvariant.
The first hammerhead shark was likely the result of a genetic deformity. A biologist explains how shark DNA reveals hammerheads’ history.
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Fellow, Keele University
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Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement, University of East Anglia
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Lecturer, School of Biology, University of St Andrews
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Professor in Evolutionary Biology, Macquarie University
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Professor of Animal Evolution & Systematics, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Earth Sciences, Durham University
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Emeritus Professor of Animal Genetics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Entomology, University of Sydney
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Reader in Evolutionary Ecology, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Bucknell University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
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Associate Professor, North Carolina State University
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Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Associate research scientist Cambridge Judge Business School and lecturer GEM, Grenoble École de Management (GEM)
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Professor, ESCP Business School
