Sharp size reduction in dinosaurs that changed diet to termites
Credit: Zhixin Han/ https://www.artstation.com/xinyanjun Dinosaurs were generally huge, but a new study of the unusual alvarezsaurs show that they reduced ...
Tag: Evolution
Light pollution has complex effects on animal vision
Credit: Jolyon Troscianko Changes in the colour and intensity of light pollution over the past few decades result in complex ...
At what temperature the weather becomes a problem
Climate change leads to increasing heat strain for humans, animals and cropsCredit: U. Benz / TUM "We have studied which ...
Better predicting how plants and animals will weather climate extremes
Leading scientists argue the need to consider biomechanicsCredit: (Tim Higham/UCR) A team of scientists has devised a more accurate way ...
Striking a balance: Trade-offs shape flower diversity
An international research team led by a researcher from the University of Tsukuba proposes that catering to different visitors has ...
Why are some fish warm-blooded? Predatory sharks gain speed advantage
Credit: Diego Camejo (Beneath the Waves). New research from marine biologists offers answers to a fundamental puzzle that had until ...
Fruit flies lose their virginity lightly – and then become choosy
Credit: University of Groningen Mate choice is important for females, who often invest much more energy in offspring than males. ...
Parasites manipulate praying mantis’s polarized-light perception, causing it to jump into water
Credit: Takuya Sato Researchers have revealed that praying mantis (mantids) infected with parasitic hairworms are attracted to horizontally polarized light ...
Baby reef fishes swim for gold
Credit: Katie Sambrook / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. A new study has found baby coral reef ...
New findings unveil a missing piece of human prehistory
Credit: IVPP A joint research team led by Prof. FU Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) ...
Membrane proteins of bacteria and humans show surprising similarities
Research cooperation uncovers structure and function of PspA and discovers evolutionary link of a bacterial protein to human ESCRT-III proteinsCredit: ...
New findings on body axis formation
Heidelberg researchers discover an enzyme that prevents the formation of multiple heads and axes in the freshwater polyp HydraCredit: Berenice ...
Newly sequenced genome of extinct giant lemur sheds light on animal’s biology
Credit: George Perry, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Using an unusually well-preserved subfossil jawbone, a team of researchers -- ...
Coral offspring physiology impacted by parental exposure to intense environmental stresses
Environmental disturbances, such as bleaching events, can have lasting consequences across generations of coralsCredit: Kevin Wong Adult corals that survive ...
Tiny ancient bird from China shares skull features with Tyrannosaurus rex
Credit: WANG Min Researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have ...
New research reveals remarkable resilience of sea life in the aftermath of mass extinctions
Credit: Brian Huber Pioneering research has shown marine ecosystems can start working again, providing important functions for humans, after being ...
Pleistocene sediment DNA from Denisova Cave
Sediment DNA tracks 300,000 years of hominin and animal presence at Denisova CaveCredit: Richard G. Roberts Denisova Cave is located ...
Marine sediments explain how part of Brazil’s Northeast region became semi-arid
The phenomenon is linked to gradual contraction of the tropical rain belt over the last 5,000 years, according to a ...
Some seafloor microbes can take the heat: And here’s what they eat
Credit: Teske et al, Front. Microbiol., 2021. Based on a template courtesy of C. Mortera, UNAM. WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- ...
Surprising spider hair discovery may inspire stronger adhesives
Engineers impressed by the functional great diversity of hairs on spider legsCredit: B Poerschke, SN Gorb and F Schaber Just ...