High School biology itself may be an endangered species, according to a survey analyzed in January by Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer, political science professors at Pennsylvania State University.

A Colorado charter school quickly backed down from teaching creationism to eighth graders, but the incident illustrates that ...

The issue of creation vs. evolution being taught in public school systems has been a growing topic for decades. A 2003 survey, taken on an online poll by the public school board in Columbus, Ohio, ...

Her experience represents the ill-kept secret about public school biology classrooms nationwide — that evolution often isn’t taught robustly, if at all. Faith-based belief in creationism and ...

Arizonans will get a bit more time to weigh in on proposed new science standards for high schools, including the bid by Arizona schools chief Diane Douglas to eliminate several references to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in ...

A leading evolutionary biologist who defended Darwin’s theory in books and in the courtroom, he was forced to retire amid charges of sexual harassment. By Cornelia Dean The debate isn’t just about ...

Barbara Evanson’s belief that creationism should be taught in schools doesn’t change anything as far as our endorsements go. We’ve already endorsed Cindy Enos-Martinez as the more qualified candidate ...

Rick Perry has moved swiftly through the first phase of presidential media coverage: What does the candidate look like? (A badass Texan) That went pretty well for him. But now he's into the second ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a cyclopean invertebrate with a single eye atop the head. By Carl Zimmer A leading ...