Evolution
The latest science on how life has adapted and changed over generations—and how new species come to be.
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![a flock of flamingoes standing](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/01/flamingo.png?w=800)
Animals
We were very wrong about birds
![A capuchin monkey with a long tail walking along a tree branch.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/29/capuchin-monkey-tail.png?w=800)
Biology
Why we don’t have tails
![An eyelash pitviper from the New Wold tropics.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/22/Title-adh2449-image-6.jpg?w=800)
Animals
Why are there so many snakes?
![Green rhodopsin proteins inside the blue cell walls help these yeast grow faster when exposed to light.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/12/rhodopsin-proteins-yeast.png?w=800)
Biology
This yeast loves light
![A bearded seal swimming in Arctic waters in Svalbard, Norway. Their name comes from the long and sensitive facial whiskers that they use to find food.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/14/seal-nose.jpeg?w=800)
Animals