How did the complexity of many organisms living today evolve from the simpler body plans of their ancestors? This is a central question in biology. Take our hands, for example: Every time we type a ...

To distinguish between the top and the bottom side of our limbs, nature “redeployed” ancient genes from the midline fins of fish. This is the ...

Representative kymographs showing single GFP-tagged ATAT-2 molecules on GMPCPP-stabilized MEC-12/MEC-7 (left) and TBA-2/TBB-2 (right ...

Some animal facts sound like internet exaggerations until you look at the research behind them. Biologists and field ...

Modern evolutionary biology reveals starfish, or sea stars, possess a body plan akin to a head without a trunk. Genetic and ...

The registrations for NEET 2026 have commenced. In order to appear for the MBBS entrance test, the candidates need to be well aware of the syllabus for the test. The National ...

It’s a common mistake to think we came directly from the monkeys or chimps you see at the zoo today, […] ...

To understand the genetic transformations that have shaped the evolution of fruit flies into their current form, American researchers have revived an ancient gene. This ...

This question of the status of universality, whether attacked by its opponents as “white male,” or “Eurocentric,” or a “master discourse,” is today at the center of the current ideological debate, as ...

We view Nigeria’s significant reliance on food imports not merely as a pressing concern, but as a clarion call to action and ...

Multicellularity is one of the most profound phenomena in biology, and relies on the ability of a single cell to reorganize ...