Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks ...

The "fastest evolving vertebrate" title is hotly contested, but here are a few contenders.

"Rates of evolution can be fantastically fast because of that constant environmental change," Michael Benton, a vertebrate ...

Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks ...

This project explores the genetic variation in Darwin's finches, focusing on the ALX1 gene, which has been shown to influence beak shape. Inspired by the work of Lamichhaney et al. (2015), Evolution ...

Darwin’s finches are known to be a paragon of evolution by natural selection, but a recent genetic discovery relating to their beaks highlights the evolutionary connectedness of all life.

Just before fall hits its full stride, we encounter early bits of color — some to be celebrated, some to be admired, and some ...

For example, the finches on one island have pointy beaks for catching insects ... This was something that Charles Darwin noticed on his famous expedition to the Galápagos Islands in 1835.