Hummingbird pollination helped pineapples and other bromeliads evolve into one of the world's most diverse plant families.

Researchers have discovered that plants benefit from a greater variety of interactions with pollinators and herbivores. Plants that are pollinated by insects and have to defend themselves against ...

Hummingbirds make bromeliad plants split into new species twice as fast as other pollinators do, scientists at the University ...

Hummingbirds play a crucial role in accelerating the evolution of bromeliads, leading to a faster emergence of new species.

Is it possible to study the history of viruses that emerged several hundred million years ago? An international team of INRAE ...

Urban environments have become hotspots for understanding how rapid evolution occurs in response to extreme environmental changes. These habitats exert selective pressures on resident organisms that ...

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

Origins and early events -- The invasion of land and air -- Population genetics, adaptation, and evolution -- Development and evolution -- Speciation and microevolution -- Macroevolution -- The ...