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A silvery blue fish with a large head against a background of water plants.

Fish Teeth Show How Ease of Innovation Enables Rapid Evolution

by Andy Fell
February 26, 2025

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Geerat Vermeij, portrait, leabing against files, UC Davis faculty

Geerat Vermeij Discusses New Book: The Evolution of Power: A New Understanding of the History of Life

by Greg Watry
November 02, 2023

Undergraduate Malia Reiss examines eelgrass in Tomales Bay.

How Students Dive into Marine Science at UC Davis

by José Vadi
October 24, 2023

Dense white cloud seen from space spirals outwards from the center of the image. A coastline is barely visible through the cloud.

Climate Catastrophe Produced Instantaneous Evolutionary Change

by Jade Boyd
October 12, 2023

A group of shaggy horses with a wilderness background.

More Genes, Fewer Toes: Were Gene Copies the Key to an Evolutionary Leap for Horses?

by Amy Young
June 12, 2023

Whale seen from the side in blue ocean.

Zoonomia Consortium Unveils Mammal Genomes, Creates Evolutionary Timeline

by Andy Fell
April 27, 2023

Jellyfish floating in water, vibrant orange, pink and blue colors.

Discovering Sirtuin Longevity Proteins in Early Branches of Animal Life

by Andy Fell
September 22, 2022

Center image is a large colorful fish feeding on a coral reef. A variety of other fish in the background.

Reef Fish Evolution Driven by Biting

by Andy Fell
July 27, 2022

A patch of white clover leaves on dirt with a single flower.

Global Study of White Clover Shows Urbanization Driving Evolution

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
March 17, 2022

Four world maps showing Pangaea

Freezing Forests and the Icehouse Climate of Pangaea

by Kaitlyn Rieper
October 21, 2021

Male Size Advantage Drives Evolution of Sex Change in Reef Fish

by Andy Fell
March 09, 2020

Atlantic killifish

An Evolutionary Rescue in Polluted Waters

by Kat Kerlin
May 02, 2019

Marine reptile fossils

Researchers Describe New Reptile Platypus From the Early Triassic

by Andy Fell
January 24, 2019

First Jellyfish Genome Reveals Ancient Beginnings of Complex Body Plan

by Becky Oskin
December 03, 2018

International Consortium Officially Launches Earth BioGenome Project in London

by Lisa Howard
November 02, 2018

Neanderthals’ Lack of Drawing Ability May Relate to Hunting Techniques

by Kathleen Holder
February 08, 2018

Anthropology professor Jelmer Eerkens holding a modern die.

It’s Not How You Play the Game, but How the Dice Were Made

by Karen Nikos-Rose
January 30, 2018

It’s Good to Be Rare, for Some Species

by Kat Kerlin
December 06, 2017

Woman sampling for fish

Study Reveals Evolutionary History of Imperiled Salmon Stocks

by Kat Kerlin
August 16, 2017

The Biology of Color

by Kat Kerlin
August 03, 2017

Reconstruction of Ancient Chromosomes Offers Insight Into Mammalian Evolution

by Lisa Howard
June 21, 2017

Peter Wainwright with fish skull

Peter Wainwright Explores Fish Evolution and Feeding

by Andy Fell
May 01, 2017

Atlantic killifish

Against the Tide: A Fish Adapts Quickly to Lethal Levels of Pollution

by Kat Kerlin
December 08, 2016

Human and Neanderthal skulls

The Fate of Neanderthal Genes

by Andy Fell
November 08, 2016

Crabs and barnacles on plastic trash

On Ocean Plastic Instead of Turtle Shells, Crabs Abandon Monogamy

by Andy Fell
September 28, 2016

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