When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal ...

Study of 280 empirical papers suggests evolution is shaped by both individual advantage and competition between groups.

New research challenges the one-level view of evolution, showing natural selection works on individuals and groups together.

Antibiotic resistance, when infection-causing bacteria evolve so they are no longer affected by typical antibiotics, is a global concern. New research at the University of Tokyo has mapped the ...

Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed ...

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Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection transformed biology and continues to guide modern science, from ...

New research from Michigan State University suggests that natural selection, famous for rewarding advantageous differences in organisms, can also preserve similarities. Reporting in the journals New ...

Most of us know that as living things evolve, they take on traits that help them thrive in their home environments. But how are certain traits "chosen" for future generations, and how are others cast ...