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Evolution

Someone about to roll some dice.

How the Design of Dice Evolved Over Time

2,000 years of dicey odds.

Christina Ayele Djossa February 6, 2018

Bhutan's national animal, the Takin, at Motithang Takin Preserve.

Thimphu, Bhutan

Motithang Takin Preserve

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

The most recently discovered <em>Archaeopteryx</em> fossil is also the oldest.

Found: Evidence That Archaeopteryx Evolved Like Darwin's Finches

When southern Germany was an archipelago, these bird-like dinos may have specialized by island.

Vittoria Traverso January 26, 2018

A close up of the fossilized teeth.

Found: A 177,000-Year-Old Jawbone, the Oldest Evidence of Humans Outside Africa

The story of human migration is undergoing a dramatic revision.

Sarah Laskow January 25, 2018

<em>B. hyperboreus</em>, the Arctic rival of <em>B. polaris</em>.

The Unlikely Survival of Bees in the Arctic

A new species has been identified in an archipelago once used for Soviet nuclear testing.

Sarah Laskow January 11, 2018

The golden-crowned manakin is the only known hybrid species in the Amazon.

Found: The First Known Hybrid Bird Species in the Amazon Rain Forest

Resistance to crossing rivers gave it the space to evolve into something new.

Vittoria Traverso January 9, 2018

<em>On the Origin of Species,</em> and the origin of the <em>Origin of Species,</em> and the origin of the origin of the origin of species...

Wishlist: A Book That Evolves Before Your Eyes

Fathom's color-coded version of "On the Origin of Species" changes as you read it.

Cara Giaimo December 15, 2017

Blue-footed booby.

Isla de la Plata

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

The newly found skull of an ancient relative of giraffes and okapis sheds new light on their evolution.

extinct animals

Found: A Key Piece in the Puzzle of Giraffe Evolution

A new member of the family.

Vittoria Traverso November 2, 2017

Let's try to scratch it out first.

Scratching When You're Stressed Might Help Keep You Out of a Scrap

Is there anything monkeys can't teach us?

Vittoria Traverso September 11, 2017

A new study simulated floral evolution to come up with an idea of what the first flower might have looked like.

What Earth's First Flower Might Have Looked Like

Scientists are beginning to understand more about floral evolution.

Erik Shilling August 2, 2017