Phylogenetic classification and evolutionary analysis have transformed the study of biodiversity by shifting from traditional rank-based systems to a framework centred on shared ancestry and descent.

Rare hybrid traits: The Patagonian sauropod displays vertebral and limb features from both Diplodocus and Brachiosaurus, defying current classification. Evolutionary puzzle: Its mix of traits could ...

In a recent article published in PLOS Biology, a team of 45 virologists, evolutionary biologists, bioinformaticians, and structural biologists from around the world arrived at a consensus on virus ...

Termites have a bad reputation. Most think of them as pests, a status that isn't helped by their recent reclassification into the cockroach family. But not only do the termites that cause serious ...

Researchers report a fossil plant that extends the history of a seed plant sister group. Noeggerathiales is an order of plants that lived between 323 and 252 million years ago, and although much is ...