Perched on the western edge of Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska’s intricate archipelago, Sitka combines the raw beauty of Alaskan wilderness with unexpected cultural sophistication, creating the ...

When most people think about natural selection, they imagine individuals competing with one another: The fastest animal ...

New research challenges the one-level view of evolution, showing natural selection works on individuals and groups together.

The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed down to its offspring. To suggest otherwise can provoke ...

A study reveals that sticklebacks with complete bony plates have survival rates several percentage points higher than those with reduced plates, indicating ongoing natural selection. Moreover, the ...

As snow from a massive storm began to fall in Bangor, Maine, on Sunday night, six people who had stopped to refuel a Paris-bound luxury jet prepared for takeoff. None would survive the crash that ...

A small plane crashed Wednesday in a rural area of the Norte de Santander department in northeast Colombia, killing all 15 people on board, including a local lawmaker, authorities said. Satena, the ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. Most galaxies are carried outward with the flow ...

US Natural Gas futures suffered a sharp collapse as updated weather forecasts quickly stripped out the winter risk premium. The move was not the result of a structural shift in supply or a sudden ...

The Federal Aviation Administration says it has reduced traffic in and out of the airport and designed safer routes. Crash victims’ families want more. Staffing and morale at the control tower at ...