Natural selection is the process by which some organisms in a population survive and reproduce, while others do not, based on their bodies and behaviour. It is one of the processes by which species ...

The U.S. is the only developed country where controversy continues about teaching evolution in schools. Yet, there is little doubt that evolution happens, or that humans are products of evolution by ...

A recent genomic analysis presented in a recent bioRxiv* study demonstrates that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) genome is under two distinct selective forces. To come ...

Most of us know that as living things evolve, they take on traits that help them thrive in their home environments. But how are certain traits "chosen" for future generations, and how are others cast ...