Climate change may accelerate evolution in some species – but that doesn’t guarantee that threatened populations will cope in the long run. That’s the message of a study that suggests the changing ...

Bird skeletons reveal evolutionary history shaped by climate shifts and environmental upheaval. Artificial intelligence ...

Learn why a bank vole may hold clues as to how some animals can adapt and survive as climate change shifts habitats and food ...

The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, round ears. In fact, all members of the order Carnivora, which includes a ...

Today, researchers from leading institutions, including the University of Manitoba, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Polar Bears International, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and San Diego Zoo ...

Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being relatively warm and stable to cold and chaotic, as continental ice sheets ...

Climate change is poised to become a serial killer. With rapid temperature swings around the world, ecosystems have been thrown into flux, exacerbating problems such as habitat loss that have already ...