The colorful history of plastids
Credit: S Sibbald and J Archibald A billion years ago, a single-celled eukaryote engulfed a cyanobacterium--an organism capable of converting ...
Tag: Evolution
Jurassic fossils from northeastern China reveal morphological stasis in the catkin-yew
Credit: ©Science China Press The Taxaceae are a distinct conifer family widely used in ornamental horticulture and are an important ...
Revealing winners & losers in projected future climates
New research reveals how winners & losers from climate change can be identified based on their ability to adapt to ...
Biologists trace plants’ steady mitochondrial genomes to a gene found in viruses, bacteria
Presence of MSH1 gene in plants offers clue for why animal mitochondrial genomes tend to mutateCredit: Dan Sloan/Colorado State University ...
Study of giant ant heads using simple models may aid bio-inspired designs
Credit: Photo by Alex Wild. Researchers use a variety of modelling approaches to study form and function. By using a ...
Gall fly outmaneuvers host plant in game of “Spy vs. Spy”
Credit: Eric Yip, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.-- Over time goldenrod plants and the gall flies that feed on them ...
Evolutionary biologists find several fish adapt in the same way to toxic water
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Several species of fish have adapted to harsh environments using the same mechanism, ...
Lefties and righties: Asymmetry in fish genitalia
Credit: Jan Gerwin and Sina Rometsch Four-eyed fishes of the genus Anableps and their relatives are a fish family from ...
Milk lipids follow the evolution of mammals
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech scientists conducted a study of milk lipids and described the unique features of human breast milk as ...
Group genomics drive aggression in honey bees
Credit: Photo by Manuel A. Giannoni-Guzman CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers often study the genomes of individual organisms to try to ...
Plant study challenges tropics’ reputation as site of modern evolutionary innovation
Credit: Miao Sun GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- In a surprise twist, a major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as ...
Did adaptive radiations shape reptile evolution?
Researchers find fast rates of morphological evolution do not need to coincide with taxonomic diversification as predicted by the classical ...
‘Fang’tastic: researchers report amphibians with snake-like dental glands
Utah State University and Butantan Institute scientists publish evolutionary findings in 'iScience.'Credit: Butantan Institute, Brazil LOGAN, UTAH, USA - Utah ...
First evidence of snake-like venom glands found in amphibians
Credit: Carlos Jared Caecilians are limbless amphibians that, to the untrained eye, can be easily mistaken for snakes. Though caecilians ...
More ecosystem engineers create stability, preventing extinctions
Credit: Justin Yeakel When we think of engineering in nature, we tend to think of beavers -- the tree-felling, dam-building ...
Why are the offspring of older mothers less fit to live long and prosper?
Credit: Michael Shribak, Evgeny Ivashkin, Kristin Gribble WOODS HOLE, Mass. - The offspring of older mothers don't fare as well ...
Scientists shed new light on how seabirds cruise through air and water
New research shows how some seabirds have evolved the ability to 'fly' at speed through two very different environmentsCredit: Daniel ...
Hints at jaw evolution found in marsupials and monotremes
A connection between ear and jaw bones in marsupials and monotremes shortly after birth provides hints at the evolution of ...
New 3D model shows how the paradise tree snake uses aerial undulation to fly
The snakes which comprise the Chrysopelea family are the only known limbless vertebrates capable of flight. Scientists have known this, but ...
New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert
Credit: Picture: Peter Schouten The unique remains of a prehistoric, giant wombat-like marsupial - Mukupirna nambensis - that was unearthed ...
