“Cheetahs have become faster and faster because they have realised that it is necessary” – this statement should make teachers sit up and take notice when they teach the principles of evolution. Many ...

Publishers producing high school biology textbooks that could be used in classrooms across Texas are being pressured to water down lessons on evolution and climate change, a progressive watchdog group ...

Though a blowfly that refuses to leave you alone might suggest otherwise, insects are generally useless when it comes to recognizing individual faces. One exception to the rule, however, is the ...

A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of ...

DALLAS (Reuters) - A panel of experts has rejected concerns by religious conservatives in Texas that a high school biology textbook contained factual errors about evolution and a state board approved ...

A new study conducted by the Institute for Biology Education has concluded that the way in which supporting knowledge of key evolutionary findings is taught in biology lessons influences the entire ...

This site offers an online version of a very useful publication, Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science. Refer to or use Activity 7-Proposing the Theory of Biological Evolution: Historical ...

In his column published in The Plain Dealer Jan. 4, “1925 offers lessons for the new year, if we listen,” Cal Thomas hearkens back to what he apparently considers the golden days of Calvin Coolidge’s ...

In this computer simulation of a self-replicating structure, the pink square represents the signal to degrade the connection between the "parent" structure (left) and its "offspring" (right). This ...

The evolution of the lung represents a compelling chapter in evolutionary developmental biology, highlighting the intricate interplay between genetic mechanisms and environmental pressures during the ...