Evolutionary Biology

Lyudmila Trut devoted her life to studying the process of domestication by selectively breeding friendly foxes

Anti-immigrant rhetoric in the U.S. comes straight out of the playbook of eugenics, deeply dishonest scientism that falsely claims that criminality, poverty and a host of other ills are all genetically inherited

Fossil and gene discoveries paint an ever-more-intertwined history of humans combining with vanished species like Neandertals

A species of legged fish uses taste receptors to search for hidden prey, providing an ideal window for scientists to study the emergence of new evolutionary traits

In online forums the term “cuck” has become synonymous with “sucker” and “loser.” But this use distorts its history and meaning, creating a baseless moral panic that harms both women and science

We can’t yet tell how life got its start on Earth. That’s one great reason to keep looking for life elsewhere

The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term species

Social media exploits our evolved need for information, feeding us fluff and outright misinformation. A new science of human collective behavior can help us retake control

One of Europe’s most common birds, the Great Tit, shows an amazing adaptability to human-made habitats. There seem to be no limits for this species when it comes to inventing new ways of acquiring food from people

A Doctor Who superfan explains how the unusual cardiovascular system of the alien Time Lords could evolve and function

Periodical cicadas have a clever hack to help them figure out when to emerge after more than a decade underground

New fossil dates show beasts arose from their ancestors in half the time researchers previously thought