We share the planet with a huge diversity of plants and creatures. But we can see similarities between organisms that live continents apart or are very different in other aspects. One reason for this ...

A team of biologists in Montana and Germany has found that, regardless of type, those insects that express a protective stick- or leaf-like appearance all evolved the same basic body parts. In their ...

THE THEORY of evolution through natural selection, discovered independently by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) and Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), is the central organising theory in biology. While ...

Imagine finding life beyond Earth—would it be familiar or completely alien? This video explores the science of convergent evolution, offering insights into how life might evolve across the cosmos.

Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of other body parts is a little bit more of a mystery. The human body is a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A new study examining stick and leaf insect species has found evidence of convergent evolution, with all of the insects evolving similar characteristics despite diverging long ago. The rest of this ...