Evolution

Washington University evolutionary biologist Jonathan Losos’ new book “The Cat's Meow” traces the origin of domestic cats and how scientists use modern tools to study them.

Research from Washington University is the first to identify a direct link between cognition and animal response to climate change.

Bring up Adam and Eve in contemporary conversation, and you’ll likely be met with either total skepticism or deep confidence, depending on the audience.…

Ten years ago, Gautam Dantas stumbled across a strange phenomenon in the lab: bacteria that were able to feed on antibiotics.“The story really starts very…

Native St. Louisan Jonathan Losos is a Harvard University biology professor and director of Losos Laboratory at the university. He recently wrote the book…

In 1960, Jane Goodall saw two chimps remove the leaves off of small twigs and used them as tools to fish for termites in the ground, which they ate.It was…

State and local-level school officials would be required to develop guidelines for teaching evolution under legislation making its way through the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 19, 2012 - If a science course taught in any public classroom in Missouri, from grade school…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 14, 2010 - Don't expect a new exhibition at the St. Louis Science Center on the man behind the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 18, 2009 - Moby Dick, the white whale hunted by Capt. Ahab in Melville's novel, was a sperm…