A large international study reveals that mammals tend to live longer when reproduction is suppressed. On average, lifespan ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

A long-disputed rule in biology says bigger is better, but a new computer model illuminates why that’s not necessarily true. By Lauren Leffer Published Jan 18, 2024 11:45 AM EST Get the Popular ...

Learn how jellyfish and sea anemones are changing what we know about the evolutionary purpose of sleep.

Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences has officially voted to change the name of the Human Evolutionary Biology concentration during a meeting on April 1. Effective as of July 1, 2025 — when the ...