Research Articles
The 2006 Sewall Wright Award: Honoring a Pillar of Evolutionary Biology
Explore the 2006 Sewall Wright Award honoring Brian Charlesworth and the legacy of Sewall Wright's contributions to evolutionary biology.
The Impossible Compromise: Why Evolution Can't Make a Perfect Vole
Exploring how quantitative genetics reveals evolutionary trade-offs in small mammals like voles and why nature can't create perfect organisms.
From Inheritance to Natural Selection: The Revolution in How We See Animal Populations
Explore the scientific revolution from Lamarck's inheritance of acquired characteristics to Darwin's natural selection theory through animal population studies.
The Unseen Engine: A 4-Billion-Year-Old Recipe for Life
Explore the fascinating process of evolution through real-time experiments and discover how life adapts and changes over generations.
The Mating Mind: How Evolution Shaped Human Sexuality
Explore how evolutionary forces shaped human sexuality, from primate ancestors to modern relationships. Discover the science behind attraction, bonding, and sexual behavior.
How All-Female Lizard Clones Are Rewriting the Rules of Evolution
Exploring how all-female whiptail lizards reproduce through cloning and challenge fundamental biological concepts about evolution and speciation.
The Eternal Arms Race: How Organisms Evolve to Survive Disease
Explore the evolutionary arms race between hosts and pathogens, examining resistance and tolerance mechanisms, experimental evolution studies, and implications for medicine and agriculture.
How Climate Shapes Evolution: Unraveling the Story of the Evening Primrose
Explore the award-winning research on how climate change drives evolutionary diversification in evening primroses, winner of the 2010 American Society of Naturalists Presidential Award.
Unveiling Nature's Secrets: The 2018 American Society of Naturalists Awards
Explore the groundbreaking research recognized by the 2018 American Society of Naturalists Awards, featuring butterfly mimicry studies and evolutionary biology breakthroughs.
Unlocking Evolution's Secrets: The 2010 American Society of Naturalists Awards
Explore the groundbreaking 2010 ASN Awards research on climate change and evolutionary biology through evening primrose studies.