Birds are the most diverse land vertebrate on the planet, and now scientists have constructed a complete evolutionary tree of the 11,000 or so known species. This data came from hundreds of studies ...

This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...

Mixodectes pungens lived only a few million years after the dinosaurs went extinct. By Laura Baisas Published Mar 11, 2025 2:30 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, ...

Highly valued economically, ecologically and culturally, the white oak (Quercus alba) is a keystone forest species and is one of the most abundant trees across much of eastern North America. It also ...

Tree thinking is a pedagogical approach that emphasises the interpretation and construction of phylogenetic trees to elucidate evolutionary relationships. In the context of evolutionary biology ...

A recent study reveals we have a long-lost relative which hung out with our more famous apelike ancestors about three million years ago. It turns out the human family tree is more complicated than we ...