Tag: Evolution

New fossil species belongs to a group of extant starfish-like creatures living in the deep sea todayCredit: Dr Ben Thuy ...

Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Some birds lay their eggs in the nests of ...

Gene product catalyzes the production of glycerol, helping algae to survive in an extreme environmentCredit: Rachael Morgan-Kiss Glycerol, used in ...

Reproductive function of female butterflies burdens their capabilities for long-distance flight, which may affect populations in a changing, uncertain worldCredit: ...

Researchers, who remotely videotaped a generation of wild chimpanzees learning to use tools, gain insights into how technology came to ...

NIH-funded study suggests specific combination of proteins determines neuron typeCredit: Hobert Lab, Columbia University When it comes to brain cells, ...

First genome comparison gives insight into penguin origins, evolutionCredit: Photo courtesy of Juliana Vianna From the four-foot-tall emperor penguin to ...

Credit: Stowers Institute for Medical Research KANSAS CITY, MO - It can be hard to dispute the common adage 'survival ...

Credit: Wilhelm Osterman Does urbanisation drive bumblebee evolution? A new study by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the German ...

Discovery of a new adaptive strategy that plants use under harsh environmentsCredit: NIBB A joint research team from the National ...

Humans prepared beds to sleep on right at the dawn of our species -- over 200 000 years agoCredit: A. ...

Bishop Peder Winstrup of Lund, Sweden passed away in the winter of 1679 at the age of 74 and was ...

By tinkering with some of life's oldest components, a group of astrobiologists hopes to find clues about how life emerged. ...

Credit: Bowling et al, 2020 The larynx is larger, more variable in size, and has undergone faster rates of evolution ...

Credit: John Innes Centre Researchers have shed fresh light on the evolution and function of the shapes we see in ...

Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird and reptile tears aren't so unlike our own, shows a new study in Frontiers in ...

Updated evolutionary tree and biomechanical estimates of feathered dinosaurs and early birds show powered flight may have evolved in these ...

Credit: Nicola Nelson AMES, Iowa - Scientists searching the most ancient corners of the genome of a reptile native to ...

UTA examining evolutionary effects of nuclear testing on preserved water flea eggsCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington A researcher ...

New Springer book tackles questions around the mystery of the origin of lifeCredit: Springer How did life on earth begin, ...