Scientists have ranked all known flowering plants and found that more than 20% of their evolutionary history is now at risk ...

The bird retina is one of the most energetically expensive tissues in the animal kingdom, yet it doesn’t use the energy ...

The world's main source of vanilla, smallest waterlily and many magnolia species could disappear entirely, according to ...

Only about 20% of flowering plants had formal IUCN Red List assessments at the time of the study.

Dr Adrian Woolfson is pioneering technologies which he says will lead to a ‘Second Genesis’, where humans can create life like God. He meets ...

The first visible steps of reconstruction are underway at the site of the deadliest act of antisemitic violence in U.S.

The interior has been largely demolished, but the original sanctuary walls will be preserved. Construction crews are ...

Oldest Homo fossils: New finds in Ethiopia’s Afar region date to 2.8 million years ago, possibly the earliest known Homo ...

Researchers at the Technion have discovered how changes in genetic regulatory sequences can lead to alterations in the form and structure of animals—even when genetic regulatory systems are stable and ...

Salamanders regrow entire limbs. We share their evolutionary blueprint. So why can’t humans do the same? The answer ...

Cumulative culture -- the accumulation of technological modifications and improvements over generations -- allowed humans to adapt to a diversity of environments and challenges. But, it is unclear ...

Plant molecular evolution offers key insights into how coding and regulatory changes shape the diversity of form and function across the plant kingdom. The ...