Europe took centre-stage in global spread of the coronavirus, says new research
A collaboration between genome researchers at the University of Huddersfield and Portugal's University of Minho, has led to one of ...
Tag: Evolution
A new mathematical front to understand species coexistence
Researchers propose new model for host colonization by different microbial species, providing fundamental advances for the understanding of biodiversityCredit: Erida ...
Biologists shed light on mystery of how microbes evolve and affect hosts
Credit: Bill Cole TORONTO, ON - The era of COVID-19 and the need to constantly wash one's hands and sanitize ...
Two centuries of Monarch butterflies show evolution of wing length
Credit: Micah Freedman, UC Davis North America's beloved Monarch butterflies are known for their annual, multi-generation migrations in which individual ...
Lizard skull fossil is new and ‘perplexing’ extinct species
Credit: Simon Scarpetta In 2017, while browsing the fossil collections of Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, University of Texas ...
Just like us – Neanderthal children grew and were weaned similar to us
Neanderthals introduced solid food in their children's diet at around 5-6 months of ageCredit: ERC project SUCCESS, University of Bologna, ...
New study finds earliest evidence for mammal social behavior
Credit: Misaki Ouchida A new study led by paleontologists at the University of Washington and its Burke Museum of Natural ...
Silk road contains genomic resources for improving apples
Researchers have assembled full genomes for domesticated apple and two of its wild progenitors, giving plant breeders detailed information for ...
Beetle larvae think with a brain ‘under construction’
Researchers at the University of Göttingen compare the development of beetle brains with that of fliesCredit: M Farnworth In the ...
New research reports discovery of 5-million-year-old honey badger-like animal
New research reports on discovery of 5-million-year-old honey badger-like animal from West Coast of South AfricaCredit: Picture: Romala Govender Five ...
Coronavirus mutation may have made it more contagious
Credit: Houston Methodist/University of Texas at Austin A study involving more than 5,000 COVID-19 patients in Houston finds that the ...
Denisovan DNA found in sediments of Baishiya Karst Cave on Tibetan Plateau
Credit: HAN Yuanyuan One year after the publication of research on the Xiahe mandible, the first Denisovan fossil found outside ...
Tube-dwelling anemone toxins have pharmacological potential, mapping study shows
Analysis identified 525 genes encoding proteins that act on the nervous system, cardiovascular system and cell walls. One of the ...
Individual red foxes prefer different foods in the city and the countryside
Credit: S. Kramer-Schadt, IZW Foxes are considered to be particularly adaptable and suited to life in large cities. A team ...
Shining a (UV) light on the glow-in-the-dark platypus
Biofluorescent fur could help some mammals spot each other after darkCredit: Goddard Photography The fur of the platypus - an ...
A new RNA catalyst from the lab
Credit: Image: Claudia Hoebartner / University of Wuerzburg Enzymes enable biochemical reactions that would otherwise not take place on their ...
Models for potential precursors of cells endure simulated early-Earth conditions
Researchers demonstrate the behavior of membraneless 'protocell' compartments through multiple rounds of wet-dry cyclingCredit: Hadi Fares, Penn State Membraneless compartments--models ...
Scientists discover new organic compounds that could have helped form the first cells
Researchers screened a wide variety of simple organic compounds to see if they could form polymers under early Earth conditions, ...
Antarctica yields oldest fossils of giant birds with 21-foot wingspans
Two fossils from a group of extinct seabirds represent the largest individuals ever foundCredit: Copyright Brian Choo Fossils recovered from ...
Biodiversity monitoring programmes need a culture of collaboration
Integration of contributors promotes the quantity and quality of dataCredit: André Künzelmann/UFZ Ecological monitoring is the recording of biological diversity ...
