Galápagos plants show repeated evolution and emerging species, emphasizing evolution’s flexibility and active role today.

A new study reveals how a remarkable group of plants on the Galápagos Islands developed their diverse leaf shapes—offering ...

Galapagos daisies evolved similar jagged leaves through different genes. This shows evolution can reach the same result in ...

What do the finches of the Galapagos Islands and the lizards of a tiny island at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden have in common? They’ve both shaped ideas on evolution. But the lizards of Fairchild ...

Most people have this image of Charles Darwin sitting under a tree, having a sudden lightbulb moment about how life works. In reality, it was a massive, decades-long slog that started with a five-year ...

An international team of researchers has released a landmark study on contemporary evolutionary change in natural populations. Their study uses one of the largest genomic datasets ever produced for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Humanity’s understanding of life was forever altered when ...

As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however ...