Why does the peacock have such an elaborate tail? This cumbersome trait significantly decreases the male's chances of survival. It only exists because it confers an advantage to its bearer in the form ...

Scientists have shown for the first time that there is a strong correlation between the complex patterns on male darters and their highly-variable environments. The findings support and expand upon ...

Researchers provide genome sequences for 5 birds-of-paradise species: 3 without previous genome data and 2 with improved data. Birds-of-paradise are classic examples of extreme sexual selection due to ...

Why dinosaurs evolved such a huge diversity of crests and frills on their skulls has long been an enigma. But by using modern technology and data analysis, a new study has taken a fresh look at ...

Understanding drivers of genetic diversity at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is vitally important for predicting how vertebrate immune defence might respond to future selection pressures ...

Darwin suggested that the action of natural selection can produce new species, but 150 years after the publication of his famous book, 'On the Origin of Species', debate still continues on the ...

“The Handmaid’s Tale” is a TV series based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood that presents a dystopian vision of a male-dominated society known as Gilead. Widespread infertility ...

Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, 3258 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843. progress in some areas of sexual selection research, we still have much to accomplish. One of the great strengths of ...

A new study published in the open access journal GigaScience explores the genomes of a fascinating group of birds, birds-of-paradise, with work providing genome sequences from 5 birds-of-paradise ...

Ian Hesketh holds an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship grant FT170100194, entitled "The Place of History in Science: Reassessing the Darwinian Revolution." The Handmaid’s Tale is a TV ...