A visitor to the "Darwin" exhibit inspects a display with illustration of animals, plants and insects during a press preview at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, in this Nov. 15, ...

Evolution is a fundamental building block of biology that underpins our understanding of the diversity of life today and how we, as humans, came to be who we are. Despite these truisms, almost half of ...

Why is it so important to teach evolution? After all, many questions in biology can be answered without mentioning evolution: How do birds fly? How can certain plants grow in the desert? Why do ...

More than 1,000 people turned out last week for a biology lesson in Columbus, Ohio. The 2 ½-hour debate between scientists over how schools should teach natural selection drew scientists, educators, ...

Find out how scientific ideas paved the way for Darwin's theory of natural selection and how his theory changed the course of not just science, but also the world.

Students will explore how the scientific process helps develop our understanding of the natural world. They also will explore how science is viewed by the general public versus by practicing ...

The Texas board of education has moved closer to tweaking—but still preserving—high school science curriculum requirements that teachers and academics say cast doubt on the theory of evolution. After ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A bitter debate over how to teach evolution in Florida’s public schools ended — at least temporarily — with a compromise Tuesday. A divided state Board of Education voted 4-3 in ...

When a PhD student set out to study the developmental pathways of a strange sea creature, he hoped to shed light on the origins of vertebrate animals. Instead, researchers found themselves ...

While I cannot speak for science or for the school board as a body, as an individual school board member, I am in an unique position to examine and to explain exactly what our school district is ...

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