Today, we’re covering convergent evolution, a common term in science fields. While it is a complicated term, it’s relatively easy to understand when you look at some of the more key examples.

Nature is a master of design, but it doesn’t always get things right. In this eye-opening video, we explore a list of animals ...

Color and iridescence in the animal kingdom. ... that rainbow shimmer coming off of a soap bubble–is an example of structural ... species could be the latest feathery clue to bird evolution.] ...

Birds in the forest experienced very low ambient light levels at night (an average of 0.00006 lux); birds in Munich were exposed to much brighter nighttime environments (an average of 0.2 lux).

The fossil skeleton of a newly discovered dinosaur species was found in a pose suggesting it slept like modern birds. This sleeping behavior may have been more common than expected among non-avian ...

Hoarding, in the animal kingdom, is a strategy that has been perfected over millions of years. It is not just a survival ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the diverse ways animals extract oxygen from air, from the highly tuned lungs that enabled ...

For decades, scientists have studied animals living in or near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to see how increased levels of radiation affect their health, growth, and evolution. A study analyzed ...

This means that, contrary to birds, bats' forelimbs and hindlimbs did not evolve independently: When the wing shape changes—either increases or shrinks, for example—the leg shape changes in ...

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