All species on Earth, both living and extinct, are related. We know this because of a biological tool called the tree of life. This "tree" takes the form of a diagram that maps the relationships ...
OneZoom is a one-stop site for exploring all life on Earth, its evolutionary history, and how much of it is threatened with extinction. OneZoom is a one-stop site for exploring all life on Earth, its ...
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life David Quammen Simon & Schuster (2018) In The Tangled Tree, celebrated science writer David Quammen tells perhaps the grandest tale in biology: how ...
A new paper published today (April 24) in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents the most up-to-date understanding of the ...
Jacqueline Nguyen receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Simon Ho receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The largest-ever study of bird genomes has produced a ...
Photos show tourists climbing on the exposed roots of the endangered Tree of Life in Washington’s Olympic National Park. Screen grab from Instagram An iconic, endangered tree in a Washington’s Olympic ...
Beach visitors pose with the “Tree of Life” on Kalaloch Beach in Olympic National Park before the tree sank during storms in early 2025. Mathew Nichols Photography Courtesy A tree that seems to defy ...
The tree of life, which depicts how life has evolved and diversified on the planet, is getting a lot more complicated. Researchers at UC Berkeley, who have discovered more than 1,000 new types of ...