Environmental change doesn’t affect evolution in a single, predictable way. In large-scale computer simulations, scientists discovered that some fluctuating conditions help populations evolve higher ...

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists worry that our climate is changing at a rate that the usual slow progress of evolution can’t match. A new study shows evidence of ...

Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. That mismatch is killing some of the planet's most vital ecosystems, from California's towering redwoods to the seagrass meadows ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: An oft-touted fact by climate change skeptics is that Earth regularly (at least, geologically speaking) experiences peaks and valleys when it comes ...