A fantastic educational resource from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the free Stickleback Evolution Virtual Lab app guides students and teachers through three experiments focused on the ...

Apathy, weary sighs, and fatigue: these are the symptoms of the psychological malaise that Carl Zimmer calls Yet Another Genome Syndrome. It is caused by the fast-flowing stream of publications, ...

Twenty billion pieces of DNA in 100 small fish have opened the eyes of biologists studying evolution. After combining new technologies, researchers now know many of the genomic regions that allowed an ...

Researchers have identified the genetic basis of rapid adaptation using a native fish species. They compared threespine stickleback fish from different habitats in the Lake Constance region. Their ...

LEICESTER, England, Nov. 3 (UPI) --When choosing a mate, the female stickleback fish looks for a male that's handy around the house and quick on his feet -- or fins. More specifically, she prefers a ...

Evolution is usually viewed as a slow process, with changes in traits emerging over thousands of generations only. Over the recent years, however, research has indicated that adaptation in specific ...