Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce.

Molecular evolution is the area of evolutionary biology that studies evolutionary change at the level of the DNA sequence. It includes the study of rates of sequence change, relative importance of ...

MSU scientists studied microbes in Yellowstone hot springs to understand how life adapted to increasing oxygen levels.

Caption Most species of bacteria in Lake Mendota rapidly evolved with the change of seasons, returning to a similar state every year, for 20 years. The blue dots represent how much individual ...

Unlike another famous bacterial evolution experiment at UT ... and Winona Foster-WARF Wisconsin Idea Graduate Fellowship in Microbiology.