Evolution Diary

It was the ‘virgin birth’ that baffled scientists for years. (…)

Washington, DC — Northern fur seals have experienced major changes in their behavior, ecology, and geographic range of over the past 1,000 years, according to a new study appearing in the May 21 early online edition of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (…)

Discovery in former Khmer Rouge stronghold could save endangered species
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (May 16, 2007) – One of the world’s largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodia’s Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction. (…)

Most of us feel a rush of righteous certainty in the face of a moral challenge, an intuitive sense of right or wrong hard to ignore yet difficult to articulate. (…)

Hundreds of new marine creatures in the vast, dark deep-sea surrounding Antarctica
Scientists have found hundreds of new marine creatures in the vast, dark deep-sea surrounding Antarctica. (…)