Convergence provides clues to unveil the non-random nature of evolution. Intermediate paths toward convergence inform us of the stochasticity and the constraint of evolutionary processes. Although ...

Where do new genes come from? That's the question a team of biological sciences researchers from the U of A set out to answer in a new study. They did so by examining the evolution of antifreeze ...

A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts. In their ...

In adaptive radiations, a single lineage undergoes rapid diversification into multiple ecologically distinct forms, often driven by novel environmental opportunities or the exploitation of unoccupied ...

Carcinization is a captivating type of convergent evolution where five different groups of crustaceans have separately evolved to have crab-like body structures. Evolutionary paleobiologist Matthew ...