Humans lost their ability to synthesize their own vitamin C because our ancestors had access to plenty of fruit.

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

A novel suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

A new study unexpectedly reveals that cells thrive on chaos. It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about the behavior ...

At issue was whether school systems are required to provide parents with an "opt-out" option when parents claim their ...

It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about the behavior or nature and evolution. Now, USC researchers want ...

A collaborative team from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Perelman School of Medicine have unraveled ...

Since the Scopes trial in 1925, Science News has reported on legislative attempts to undermine the teaching of evolution.

His theory of evolution, first described in 1859, ... Kristina Killgrove is a staff writer at Live Science with a focus on archaeology and paleoanthropology news.