Rapid adaptive radiation poses two distinct questions apart from speciation and adaptation: What happens after one speciation event and how do some lineages continue speciating through a rapid burst?

When Charles Darwin traveled to the Galapagos Islands almost 200 years ago as a gentleman naturalist, he used the power of observation to develop his theory that species evolve over time. When Charles ...

This work aimed to understand how anemonefish — the colorful reef dwellers best known from Finding Nemo — evolved into such a diverse group of species. Scientists have long assumed that their ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? East Africa’s Lake Victoria is home to over 500 species of cichlid, and according to ...