Both monkeys and humans have a way of thinking that involves recursion, a process of arranging words, phrases, or symbols to convey complex ideas.

Sequencing the gardenia genome shows how plants evolved to re-use tricks from their genetic toolbox to create new chemicals.

Fungi and other organisms called oomycetes are highly adaptable. That's bad news for the global food supply.

"This tells us that the basic organic chemistry needed for life is present in the raw gas prior to the formation of stars and planets."

Fossil footprints in what is now South Korea are evidence that some species of ancient crocodiles walked on two feet.

Darwin observed that some plants produce less pollen (and some animals less sperm). New research clarifies how that can be an advantage.

Australia is home to 20 of the 25 most venomous snakes in the world.

A study with chickens from Tibet shows that organisms have a kind of "memory" of their ancestral homes that makes adaptation to environmental change easier.

Evolution seems to lead to increasing complexity of species. But perhaps a dominant, intelligent species like humans will always end up destroying itself.