Research Articles
What is Innovation? New Lessons from Biology
Discover how biological innovation reveals fundamental principles about creativity, adaptation, and transformation in complex systems from cells to societies.
The Fishy Science of Life's Tough Choices: How a Guppy's Dilemma Built a Supermodel
Explore how Professor Robert J. Wootton's research on fish ecology revealed universal principles of life-history theory through the study of guppies and their evolutionary trade-offs.
Beyond Balance: How Life's Developmental Flow Shapes Evolution
Exploring homeorhesis as an alternative to homeostasis and its role in evolutionary biology through mathematical modeling and fossil record analysis.
Evolutionary Biotechnology: Programming Life's Code to Solve Modern Challenges
Explore how evolutionary biotechnology accelerates evolution for human benefit through directed evolution, molecular engineering, and cutting-edge experiments.
Jumping Genes: How Nature's Mutators Supercharge Evolution
Explore how jumping genes act as natural mutators that accelerate evolutionary processes and enable revolutionary genetic technologies.
Return to the Blue: How Marine Tetrapods Conquered the Oceans
Explore the evolutionary journey of marine tetrapods from the Triassic to the Anthropocene, featuring their remarkable adaptations and ecological significance.
The Reality Question: How Biology Challenges Our Search for Truth
Exploring how biology reshapes our understanding of scientific truth through evolutionary perspectives, biological functions, and visual perception experiments.
The Cooperative Cauliflower: Rethinking the Evolution of Earth's Biodiversity
A groundbreaking conceptual model challenging traditional views on biodiversity evolution, emphasizing cooperation over competition
Darwin and His Critics: How a Revolutionary Idea Won Over the Scientific World
Explore how Charles Darwin's theory of evolution overcame scientific skepticism through meticulous experiments and evidence, transforming biology forever.
The Wild, Weird World of Animal Genomes: What Butterfly Chromosomes and Vole Sex Tell Us About Evolution
Explore the fascinating world of weird animal genomes, from butterflies with 229 chromosome pairs to voles with disappearing Y chromosomes, and discover what they reveal about evolution.