The Galapagos tortoise is one of the most iconic reptiles on Earth, and for good reason. These gentle giants are the largest tortoises in the world, living on the Galápagos Islands and playing a key ...

The Galapagos tortoise faces significant threats from a variety of predators, both natural and introduced. Historically, the ...

Despite their enriching role in our lives, cats remain a devastating influence on native species around the world with their ...

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 ...

Darwin defined evolution as "descent with modification ... which found homes on several islands in the Galapagos archipelago. While some finches developed broad, blunt beaks that allowed them ...

A new release “40 Years of Evolution: Darwin’s Finches ... and behavioral niche to measure changes in finch populations over four decades in the Galapagos archipelago. In the new edition ...

Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of Yale ... Research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution introduces a novel method for ...

Named after their endemic giant land tortoises, the Galapagos Islands inspired Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution when, in 1835, he realized it was possible to tell which island a finch ...

This discovery suggests that an extended childhood, combined with cultural transmission in three-generation social groups, may have triggered the evolution of a large brain like that of modern ...

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the bird's brain took shape over tens of millions of years. "Birds are one of ...