Evolution

This two-volume work is a testament to the abiding interest and human fascination with ammonites. We offer a new model to explain the morphogenesis...

The volume on oilseed crops is developed as a part of a series on Handbook of Agrobiodiversity: Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources. It...

What can we learn about the evolution of jaws from a pair of scissors? How does the flight of a tennis ball help explain how fish overcome drag? Wh...

The aim of this collective work is to give an account of the topicality and dynamics of new research in the didactics of evolution, by articulating...

Jacques Ninio addresses molecular biology from the evolutionist's viewpoint, reviewing major research areas such as acquisitive evolution; the comp...

When Charles Darwin first stepped off the HMS Beagle and into the harsh and formidable world of the Galápagos islands with their sun-baked lava, sp...

Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants? Darwins Pharmacy shows they are by weaving the evolutionary theory of sexual se...

Muscle tissue powers every heartbeat, blink, jog, jump and goosebump. It is the force behind the most critical bodily functions, including digestio...

Now with a new full color design and art program, the Fifth Edition of Strickberger's Evolution is updated with the latest data and updates from th...

Darwin famously proposed that sexual competition and courtship is (or at least was) the driving force of art production not only in animals, but al...

Some animals have developed astonishing techniques to hunt and kill their prey. From the humpback whale's bubble nets that capture hundreds of fish...

The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary beesWhile social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees ar...

While we joke that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, our gender differences can't compare to those of many other animals. For instance, t...