Imagine plunging into the depths of the ocean and coming face to face with a creature that glides through the water with ...

As evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin points out, "In one sense, evolution didn't invent anything new with whales. It was just tinkering with land mammals. It's using the old to make the new." ...

This is evidence that quite separate, independent episodes of molecular evolution occurred, with the same functional results. This is a dramatic example of convergent evolution, when organisms ...

nature’s shared adaptations Convergent evolution is a process where unrelated species independently develop similar traits to ...