Blind Mexican cavefish became active in light while surface fish reacted to darkness, revealing how evolution rewired brains.

Ancient deep-sea organisms suggest movement, sexual reproduction, and complex animal life began earlier than previously thought.

Deep oceans contain microbes with yet-to-be-discovered properties that could drive future innovations in biotechnology.

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

Fossils of Spriggina floundersi provide the earliest evidence of animals favouring one side of the body over the other – a ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

Scientists have uncovered what may be the earliest evidence of "right-handedness" in the animal kingdom, dating back more ...

A study of fossil teeth from China shows early mammals got bigger before their diets became specialized after the ...

How did the elephant become so big? Why do dolphins have such a huge brain? These are just some of the puzzles that Chris Packham hopes to solve in his new BBC TV series, Evolution. Each episode in ...