Evolution and paleontology

• Snails transmute to guard against danger - Premium content

  Changes in shell structure are induced by the presence of predators.

  8 August 2008

• 'Virophage' suggests viruses are alive - Premium content

  Evidence of illness enhances case for life.

  6 August 2008

• Caribbean volcanoes implicated in Cretaceous killing spree - Premium content

  Osmium isotopes prove origins of mass-extinction event

  16 July 2008

• Snakes' venom chemistry varies with age and location - Premium content

  Lancehead pitvipers give up their poisonous secrets in first 'venomics' study.

  16 July 2008

• The eyes have it - Premium content

  Fossilized flatfish settle evolutionary conundrum.

  9 July 2008

• Fossilized feathers may hold a trace of colour - Premium content

  Pigment remains might help to discern colours and patterns in feathered dinosaurs.

  8 July 2008

• In brief: Linnean Society celebrates seminal evolution papers - Premium content

  2 July 2008

• Human evolution: Details of being human - Premium content

  A difference in one molecule led physician Ajit Varki to question what sets humans apart from other apes. Bruce Lieberman meets a man who sees a big picture in the finer points.

  2 July 2008

• Online anthropology draws protest from aboriginal group - Premium content

  South African tribe objects to multimedia images of remains.

  25 June 2008

• Monkeys understand money - Premium content

  Capuchins can appreciate the purchasing power of tokens such as poker chips.

  11 June 2008