Evolution Diary

Richard Dawkins talks about his latest book “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence For Evolution” at the Edinburgh Book Festival 2009. (…)

A 21-year Michigan State University experiment that distills the essence of evolution in laboratory flasks not only demonstrates natural selection at work, but could lead to biotechnology and medical research advances, researchers said. (…)

VANCOUVER — A tiny, prickly fish is helping B.C. researchers understand how organisms evolve in response to new or changing environments. (…)

Evolution is a beautiful theory. It explains everything from why some birds lose the ability to fly, to the bizarre meandering path of the vagus nerve in our bodies. (…)