Tag: Evolution

Credit: Nigel Goldenfeld In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species - the "family tree" of ...

Genetic studies can help with conservation plansCredit: Photo: Per Harald Olsen, NTNU As the "king of beasts," majestic lions have ...

University of Tsukuba research reveals a nest of exceptionally small non-avian theropod egg fossils in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, providing a ...

Ecology experts connect species to Asia, AntarcticaCredit: James Dorey, Flinders University Ancestors of a distinctive pollinating bee found across Australia ...

Three species thrived until inland lakes driedCredit: Flinders University The sweeping pink salt lakes across Australia's interior are all that ...

Credit: Sylvia Germes In a system with self-replicating molecules -previously shown to have the capability to grow, divide and evolve ...

Credit: Javier Ortega-Hernández and Yu Liu The Chengjiang biota in the Yunnan Province of China contains one of the most ...

Colourful bugs look very different as young and adults, but why?Credit: Iliana Medina New research has revealed for the first ...

Scientists identify an important protein that increases "bacterial virulence," when mutated, changing harmless bacteria to harmful onesCredit: CHIKARA KAITO As ...

Credit: Amanda Hund Barn swallows live almost everywhere on the planet, recognizable by their forked tail and agility in the ...

Credit: Nathan Burns CORVALLIS, Ore. - Fish exposed to very low levels of chemicals commonly found in waterways can pass ...

When informing about a threat territorial chimpanzees are more motivated to cooperate than less territorial bonobosCredit: Cédric Girard-Buttoz, Taï Chimpanzee ...

Credit: Global Airborne Observatory, ASU Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science. Throughout California, the effects of climate change are ...

Credit: Dan Wall A fundamental question in biology is how individual cells within a multicellular organism interact to coordinate diverse ...

Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri recasts the notion of what it means to be a 'primitive' vertebrate, according to Penn paleontologists Lauren Sallan ...

Credit: Andrew Smith LAWRENCE -- It would be striking for a seasoned entomologist with decades of fieldwork to discover such ...

What happens in the Eastern Pacific, stays in the Eastern PacificCredit: Petri Kuokka A group of researchers from the University ...

An experiment in recreating primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddleCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science What did the very first proteins ...

Virus genome sequencing study and comment published in ScienceCredit: University of Sydney An international group of researchers has tackled the ...

They transitioned from land to water during the Mesozoic eraCredit: G. Fritsch/Leibniz-IZW. The tree of life is rich in examples ...