Overfishing of Atlantic cod likely did not cause genetic changes
Study suggests reducing fishing and addressing environmental changes would help cod recoverCredit: NOAA Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic ...
Tag: Evolution
Rise of oxygen on Earth: Initial estimates off by 100 million years
Permanent oxygenation occurred much later than previously thoughtCredit: Andrey Bekker/UCR New research shows the permanent rise of oxygen in our ...
Hidden diversity of coral more important for conservation than previously thought
Researchers say that our framework for classifying coral species needs to be expanded to capture ecological diversity and protect reef ...
Undetected coronavirus variant was in at least 15 countries before its discovery
Credit: Illustration: Jenna Luecke/University of Texas at Austin. A highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant was unknowingly spreading for months in the ...
Skin deep: Aquatic skin adaptations of whales and hippos evolved independently
Hippos and cetaceans are close relatives, but their shared "aquatic" skin traits did not come from a common ancestorCredit: Carl ...
In search of the first bacterium
Evolutionary biology: Publication in Communications BiologyCredit: HHU / Joana Xavier Roughly five years ago, Institute Head Prof. Dr. William (Bill) ...
Scientists pinpoint our most distant animal relatives
Credit: NOAA. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin believe they have pinpointed our most distant animal relative in the tree of ...
UNF biology student awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Credit: University of North Florida Raul Chavarria, a University of North Florida senior majoring in biology with a concentration in ...
Scientists discover unique Cornish ‘falgae’
Credit: Mark Milburn/Atlantic Scuba Red algae that grow in Cornwall's Fal Estuary are genetically unique, new research shows. University of ...
Researchers notice pattern on surface of leaves, uncover new clue about plant evolution
Uncommon group of aquatic and terrestrial species key to discovery of how plants breatheCredit: Hiroyuki Koga, CC BY 4.0 A ...
Pioneering pollinator study offers clues to Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’
Credit: Byers and Bradshaw, 2021 Research into the flower preferences of pollinating moths may have delivered a vital clue to ...
HKBU-led research unlocks the genomic secrets of organisms that thrive in extreme deep-sea
Credit: (Drawn by HKBU student Hu Juntong) A study led by scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has decoded ...
Gray’s beaked whales ‘resilient’ to ecosystem changes
Credit: Mark Camm An elusive whale species in the Southern Ocean could be resilient to near-future ecosystem changes, according to ...
When synthetic evolution rhymes with natural diversity
Credit: Parys/GMI/UNC-Chapel Hill Researchers at GMI - Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, ...
New study published in Science maps wildlife microbiota
Discovering millions of previously unknown potential human therapeuticsCredit: Gal Zanir for Wild Biotech Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL - March 25, 2021 - ...
Study introduces 13 new, threatened species of sparkly moths from Hawaii
One of the islands' oldest animal groups, can these tiny insects survive the next century?Credit: Chris Johns/Florida Museum of Natural ...
Does selfishness evolve? Ask a cannibal
Study confirms evolutionary link between social structure and selfishnessCredit: Volker Rudolf/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 25, 2021) - One of ...
Where do the gender differences in the human pelvis come from?
A comparison with chimpanzees provides surprising insightsCredit: Photo of a female human pelvis and skull of a newborn baby. (© ...
Will COVID-19 vaccines need to be adapted regularly?
Credit: Image: Jó/Charité Influenza vaccines need to be evaluated every year to ensure they remain effective against new influenza viruses. ...
Plant gene found in insect, shields it from leaf toxins
Credit: Jixing Xia and Zhaojiang Guo Millions of years ago, aphid-like insects called whiteflies incorporated a portion of DNA from ...