Imagine peering into your backyard and spotting a creature whose ancestors once thundered across ancient landscapes alongside ...

“Evolution isn't just a story ... extinct over the 3.5-billion-year history of life on Earth––can be summarized in an enormous family tree. To help you explore this tree and understand ...

But this is not the case. After 3.8 billion years of evolution, the tree of life has branched again and again, with some branches dying out and others with living descendants out at the branch tips.