Evolution does not have a conscience. It does not ask whether something should exist. It only asks whether it works. And ...

Tiktaalik, the 375-million-year-old fish fossil, is best known for its anatomy suggesting it may have walked out of the water and is also a very popular meme. Sung to the tune of The Killers’ Mr.

Whole skeleton of Dipterus, an extinct lungfish from the middle Devonian period. Specimen (UMMP 16140) from the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology. ANN ARBOR—If you're reading this sentence ...

A sea lamprey, which has no jaw, has the genetic code to do so, CU researchers find. Photo by Jeff Mitton A half-billion years ago, vertebrates lacked the ability to chew their food. They did not have ...