This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists ...

Mega Charizard X won the fan vote, but the most popular new addition to the Mega Evolution roster was Mega Starmie.

Evolution is slow, but with the right experimental set-up—and enough time to spare—you can watch nature do its methodical ...

A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

Why did humans evolve the eyes we have today? While scientists can't go back in time to study the environmental pressures ...

Criminal Minds: Evolution was renewed on March 5, 2025, two months ahead of the Season 18 premiere date. The series was renewed for Season 18 one day before Season 17’s premiere. And the first renewal ...

Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All ...

The fight between the Swedish gaming giant Evolution AB (EVVTY) and the private intelligence firm Black Cube has become one of the most closely-watched disputes in the online-gaming sector. What began ...