The Accidental Arrival That Changed Everything The islands are volcanic in origin and were never attached to any continent.

As a Ph.D. student, I wanted to understand the evolution of individual differences in fruit fly behavior—the building blocks ...

This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons ...

Convergent evolution—where distinct species independently evolve similar traits or functions, such as the wings of birds and bats—has long fascinated biologists. Now, a research team led by Prof. Zou ...

Antibiotic treatment can influence bacterial evolution, altering the effectiveness of subsequent therapies by inducing collateral resistance or sensitivity. This study reveals that evolution toward ...

Sneakers have morphed from the barefoot minimalism of a decade ago to towering platforms engineered today to give runners both speed and comfort. But shoe companies aren’t done yet.

"It suggests that during the same time period, we're seeing convergent evolution between two distantly related groups due to similar environmental conditions, prey availability and who-knows-what that ...

When it comes to model names, each manufacturer usually spends a lot of time and effort creating a unique and catchy name. However, in rare cases, different brands come up with the same name for very ...

We thank Dr. Jianzhi Zhang, Dr. Xionglei He, Dr. Weiwei Zhai, Shanshan Chen, Han Liu, Tianhan Wang, and three anonymous reviewers for valuable comments. This work was supported by the Strategic ...

National Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Early animal development can be remarkably ...