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

Life on Earth began in one of the most mysterious processes in science, occurring roughly 4.5 billion years ago when the planet was still forming and extremely hostile. Oceans of molten rock cooled ...

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For decades, one puzzle stood out among the many mysteries of early animal evolution: the missing origin story of bryozoans.

How ancient bryozoans may have looked. (Zhifei Zhang) The Cambrian explosion was one of the most dramatic chapters in the history of evolution. Around 540 million years ago, a sudden, astonishing ...

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Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again, ...

Star Fox is yet another fine, but safe remake for Nintendo, but Ocarina of Time deserves something more daring.