In the intricate machinery of the inner ear, hearing begins with a protein that moves a few billionths of a meter up to ...

As our evolution slows and industrialization and technology accelerates, a growing body of research suggests that human biology is struggling to keep pace. Many of the chronic stress-related health ...

We often see the results of evolution, but not the process directly. Now, scientists have been treated to front row seats of evolution unfolding in real time, as two similar lizard species encounter ...

A molecular biologist may have found a new 'rule of biology.' The rule challenges long-held notions that most living organisms prefer stability over instability because stability requires less energy ...

The cactus on your windowsill may grow slowly, but new research shows that cacti are surprisingly fast at creating new ...

Due to the breadth of study in biology, and driven by a mission to educate our undergraduate and graduate students, the UD biology faculty has developed a wide spectrum of research interests. Faculty ...

A new study has uncovered intriguing insights into the evolution of plant biology, effectively rewriting the history of how they evolved over the past billion years. A new study has uncovered ...