When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Exaptation is a term used in evolutionary biology to describe a trait that has been co-opted for ...

Feathers work remarkably well for flight. Fairly rigid, yet light, with a lot of surface area to push against air molecules, they permit birds to soar to great heights. Yet scientists are now starting ...

A computational study reveals surprising flexibility hidden within metabolic networks, providing new evidence for an evolutionary concept called exaptation. Evolution is littered with examples of ...

From Quanta Magazine (find original story here). Evolution is littered with examples of opportunism. Hosts infected by viruses found new uses for the genetic material the agents of disease left behind ...