Ancient Supernovae Buffeted Earth's Biology With Radiation Dose, Researcher Says Possibly triggering a mass extinction.
Swordfish Lube up Their Heads for High-Speed Swimming One of the fastest swimmers on the planet secretes oil to stay slick.
Evolution May Have Been Faster for Early Life Forms on Earth “At the higher temperatures that seem to have prevailed during the early phase of life, evolution was shaking the dice frantically.”
Playing a Science-Based Video Game? It Might Be All Wrong Many digital games claiming to simulate evolution are inaccurate. These errors can undermine the games' potential educational benefits.
Unnatural Selection: Humans Are Driving the Evolution of New Species On top of all the extinctions, humans are causing new species to emerge rapidly.
Rare Dinosaur-Era Bird Wings Found Preserved in Amber Extinct toothed birds lived 99 million years ago.