Large tides may have driven evolution of fish towards life on land
Credit: Mattias Green/Bangor University Big tidal ranges some 400 million years ago may have initiated the evolution of bony fish ...
Tag: Evolution
Butterfly color diversity due to female preferences
Credit: Kalle Tunström Butterflies have long captured our attention due to their amazing color diversity. But why are they so ...
Modern computational tools may open a new era for fossil pollen research
Credit: Doug Peterson One of the best sources of information on the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and plant diversity over ...
Timeline of early eukaryotic evolution unveiled
Credit: Utrecht University, IRB Barcelona. One of the most important and puzzling events in the evolution of life has been ...
Discovery adds new species to Rice lab’s ghoulish insect menagerie
Rice, UNAM team's four new wasp species are the 'tip of the iceberg'Credit: Photo by Scott Egan/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
Super-resolution microscopy and machine learning shed new light on fossil pollen grains
Credit: Anna Barnes Plant biology researchers at the University of Illinois and computer scientists at the University of California Irvine ...
Endangered vaquita remain genetically healthy even in low numbers, new analysis shows
Study found no sign of inbreeding or 'extinction vortex' often linked to small populationsCredit: Vaquita CPR The critically endangered vaquita ...
Study reveals bat-winged dinosaurs had short-lived gliding abilities
Credit: Dececchi et al. 2020. Research Assistant Professor Dr Michael PITTMAN (Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory, Division of Earth and Planetary Science ...
DNA in fringe-lipped bat poop reveals unexpected eating habits
Credit: Illustration by Amy Koehler Poop is full of secrets. For scientists, digging into feces provides insights into animal diets ...
Research shows aging chimps, like humans, value friendships
Credit: University of New Mexico Old friends get together to relax, share meals, and trust and support each other. In ...
Bat-winged dinosaurs that could glide
The origin of bird flight launched from a more complex evolutionary race than previously thoughtCredit: Image credit: Gabriel Ugueto. Despite ...
Comparing canine brains using 3D-endocast modelling
The shortening of the facial skeleton greatly influences the ratio of certain brain regions, primarily the olfactory bulb and the ...
Big-hearted corvids
Social life as a driving factor of birds' generosityCredit: © Lisa Horn Ravens, crows, magpies and their relatives are known ...
Genome sequencing shows climate barrier to spread of Africanized bees
Added diversity may be useful for breeding beesCredit: Erin Calfee Since the 1950s, "Africanized" honeybees have spread north and south ...
Princeton and Mpala scholars link obesity and disease to dramatic dietary changes
A new study supporting the "mismatch" hypothesis found that obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular illnesses increased among Turkana people whose diet ...
Protected areas help waterbirds adapt to climate change
Credit: Photo: Elie Gaget Climate change pushes species distribution areas northward. However, the expansion of species ranges is not self-evident ...
Cognitive elements of language have existed for 40 million years
Credit: National Center for Chimpanzee Care in Bastrop, Texas Humans are not the only beings that can identify rules in ...
Understanding the Triassic mass-extinction event 200 million years ago — NSF grant
Credit: Virginia Tech Scientists don't yet know what caused the Triassic mass-extinction event -- one of the largest extinction events ...
Nanodevices show how living cells change with time, by tracking from the inside
For the first time, scientists have added microscopic tracking devices into the interior of cells, giving a peek into how ...
Citizens themselves contribute to political mistrust
Credit: Poul Ib Henriksen/Aarhus University The study by the Department of Political Science at Aarhus BSS shows that the growing ...
