We share the planet with a huge diversity of plants and creatures. But we can see similarities between organisms that live continents apart or are very different in other aspects. One reason for this ...

The sunflower family tree has revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, among the members of this large plant family, according to ...

This is an example of convergent evolution at the molecular level. Genetic engineering of plants using algal genes is underway to increase the photosynthetic performance. The pyrenoid-associated ...

This is evidence that quite separate, independent episodes of molecular evolution occurred, with the same functional results. This is a dramatic example of convergent evolution, when organisms ...

Victor Albert is an evolutionary biologist. His research focuses on the origins and evolution of flowering plants, and his interests in the field are wide-ranging. They include sequencing new plant ...

A rare fossil unearthed in Mongolia's Gobi Desert has led to the identification of a new dinosaur species Duonychus ...