Researchers have found that chunks of "flipped" DNA can help fish quickly adapt to new habitats and evolve into new species, ...

These nonfiction books sparked controversy and deep thought. With fierce arguments and bold ideas, each one reshapes how ...

To overcome these challenges, the insects have developed a very peculiar behavior: collective assembly. They use their bodies to build temporary living bridges that facilitate the passage of their ...

Richard Dawkins has reflected on coining the term “meme”. The word was first shared by the scientist in his 1972 bestselling book The Selfish Gene, where it referred to the self-replication of genes ...

Today's guest is evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins, whom Reason's Nick Gillespie interviewed last fall in Milwaukee as part of his "Final Bow" tour. Gillespie and ...

Richard Dawkins was born in Kenya in 1941 ... established him as a leading figure in evolutionary theory. His 2006 bestseller The God Delusion has sold more than two million copies.

rather than just writing about evolution as a historical process? I suspect it’s a constraint on the perfection of Richard Dawkins books. Dawkins’s previous works include several polemics ...

The great scientist strays into speculation in The Genetic Book of the Dead, his latest defence of his “selfish gene” theory of evolution. By Tim Flannery Richard Dawkins is without doubt the most ...