Researchers take a bloody good look at the medicinal leech genome
Study offers new insights into the powerful anticoagulants contained in the saliva of leeches most often used in medical practice.Credit: ...
Tag: Evolution
Weed’s wily ways explained in Illinois research
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like antibiotic-resistant bacteria, some herbicide-resistant weeds can't be killed by ...
A Neandertal from Chagyrskaya Cave
Neandertals may have lived in very small groups, and genes expressed in the basal ganglia of their brains may have ...
Fish evolution in action: Land fish forced to adapt after leap out of water
Credit: Terry Ord, UNSW Sydney A diverse diet and flexible behaviour may have empowered blenny fish to make a dramatic ...
How fish got onto land, and stayed there
Credit: Terry Ord Research on blennies, a family of fish that have repeatedly left the sea for land, suggests that ...
Mangroves at risk of collapse if emissions not reduced by 2050, international scientists predict
Credit: Dr Nicole Khan An international research team comprising scientists from the University of Hong Kong, the Nanyang Technological University, ...
Hormone systems can still be adapted in adulthood
Behavioural biologists at the University of Münster reveal advantageous hormonal changes in guinea pigs in a new social environmentCredit: Department ...
Summer favorite bitter gourd genome shows unusual domestication, insight into evolution
Credit: Hideo Matsumura, Gene Research Center, Shinshu University The bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a summer vegetable that graces the ...
New fossil discovery shows 50 million-year-old Canada-Australia connection
Credit: Copyright: The Canadian Entomologist. Used by permission. The discovery of a tiny insect fossil is unearthing big questions about ...
Scientists unravel the evolution and relationships for all European butterflies in a first
Credit: Dr Martin Wiemers For the first time, a complete time-calibrated phylogeny for a large group of invertebrates is published ...
Versatile symbionts: Reed beetles benefit from bacterial helpers through all life stages
Bacterial symbionts support their host's larvae and adult insects in different waysCredit: photo/©: Martin Kaltenpoth Insects that feed only on ...
New discovery of giant bipedal crocodile footprints in the cretaceous of Korea
CU Denver researcher Marin Lockley was a member of the team that found the well-preserved footprintsCredit: Anthony Romilio A new ...
Tropical disease in medieval Europe revises the history of a pathogen related to syphilis
Genomic analysis of plague victims from a mass burial in Lithuania identifies a medieval woman who was also infected with ...
From bacteria to you: The biological reactions that sustain our rhythms
Clues emerge for a potential new treatment for methylation deficienciesCredit: Kyoto University/Jean-Michel Fustin Japan -- Every second of every day, ...
Extinct camelids reveal insights about North America’s ancient savannas
Credit: Christine Janis A new study looking at extinct camelids - ancestors of today's camels and llamas - tells the ...
We’re not all equal in the face of the coronavirus
Credit: @DR The genetic variability of immunity lies particularly in the genes of the HLA (Human Leukocyte Antigen) system. These ...
Bees? Please. These plants are putting ants to work
In a world first, Edith Cowan University (ECU) researchers have discovered a plant that has successfully evolved to use ants ...
Twitter fight: Birds use social networks to pick opponents wisely
UC biologists are studying dominance hierarchies in monk parakeetsCredit: UC Knowing when to fight and when to flee is a ...
Volcanic activity and changes in Earth’s mantle were key to rise of atmospheric oxygen
Credit: David Catling/University of Washington Oxygen first accumulated in the Earth's atmosphere about 2.4 billion years ago, during the Great ...
Scientists identify ancient origin for key hormone system
Proteins essential for reproduction, metabolism and immune function trace their evolutionary history all the way back to sea cucumbersCredit: Tianming ...
