New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine—including all mammals, fish, reptiles and amphibians—evolved. In a paper ...

These are course materials used in a two-semester general biology sequence. The course serves primarily freshmen and sophomores intending to pursue ecology and evolutionary biology, psychology, and ...

The emergence of metazoan multicellularity has captivated evolutionary cell and developmental biologists for decades. Recent advances in genome sequencing, phylogenetic comparisons, the successful ...

The study blends math, statistics and biology to show that this long-held hyperbolic pattern is an anomaly because it doesn't account for the fact that all species on earth are defined as much by ...

Our students become adroit critical thinkers who understand how organisms interact with and are formed by their environment, and our students go on to enjoy rewarding careers as environmental ...

The evolution of the lung represents a compelling chapter in evolutionary developmental biology, highlighting the intricate interplay between genetic mechanisms and environmental pressures during the ...

For most mammals, fur is essential for survival. Humans lost it anyway and didn’t just survive, they adapted. Fossil and biological evidence shows this wasn’t accidental but a major evolutionary shift ...

Erik Svensson receives funding from from the Swedish Research Council (VR; grant no. 2020-03123). How will life on Earth and the ecosystems that support it adapt to climate change? Which species will ...