“It may be doubted,” Darwin wrote, “if there are any other animals which have played such an important part in the history of the world as these lowly organized creatures.” ...

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

A century ago today, America fixed its attention on a Dayton courthouse. Tennessee was prosecuting John T. Scopes for ...

Worms radically reorganized their genomes during their move from sea to land, supporting the theory of punctuated equilibrium in evolution.

Guru Purnima is a celebration of the possibility of individual evolution, emancipation, and liberation – mukti. More than just a celebration, it is a commitment that "we will evolve." ...

A new study on earthworms suggests that evolution may have been a bit more start-and-stop than originally thought.

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" — where a teacher was charged with the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. At ...

Earthworms’ Genomes Broke The Rules of Evolution And Could Prove Charles Darwin Wrong, Claims Study Analysis of DNA from ...

A staged legal proceeding in a small town became the catalyst for a century of culture wars.