What, do you suppose, is the closest living relative of the hippopotamus? The rhinoceros, perhaps? The pig? In fact, it’s the whale. And did you know that there are more individual water-fleas – which ...

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who gained fame for his books about atheism and evolution, praised Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling for challenging Scotland’s new hate speech law. Dawkins, who ...

In a poll, Royal Society readers voted Richard Dawkins’ 1976 book “The Selfish Gene” as the most influential science book of all time, according to a report by “The Guardian.” It won 236 votes from ...

A Corte Madera bookstore has stepped up to host an event with evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins just days after Berkeley public radio station KPFA abruptly canceled a similar event, ...

The strenuous efforts of Richard Dawkins, renowned scientist, author of The God Delusion, and crusader for atheism, may be backfiring — sending inquiring minds to Christ instead. So write two fellow ...

Newton's Third Law of Motion — "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"— has a social counterpart, and in the battle between religion and science, it's very much on display today.

Lynchburg, VA - Richard Dawkins has written a new book and Wednesday he spoke about it to a packed house at Randolph College. His job titles are evolutionary theorist and popular science writer, but ...

Richard Dawkins is the bestselling author of such books as "The Selfish Gene," "The God Delusion" and "Unweaving the Rainbow." The British scientist will appear in “An Evening with Richard Dawkins and ...

Amid stacks of books in the front room of his house near Oxford University, writer and evolutionist Richard Dawkins points to a piece of memorabilia: A replica of the Australopithecus africanus skull ...