Matías Gómez-Corrales, a recent biological sciences Ph.D. graduate from the University of Rhode Island, and his advisor, Associate Professor Carlos Prada, have published a paper in Nature ...

Together, these results indicate that the single genetic swap probably set speciation in motion, Uy said. "I think we do have a speciation gene because this substitution creates a different physical ...

In a matter of months, butterflies sporting the yellow and red wing color pattern of a wild species were created through simple laboratory crosses of two other wild species, researchers report in the ...

Because iguanas are large and easily observed, they are one of the more conspicuous examples of speciation on oceanic islands. To see a larger image, click here. Photo by Jeff Mitton. A ...