Tag: Evolution

Cryptaphelenchus abietis, a new nematode species isolated from bark beetles that emerged from a dead log in Nagano, Japan, may ...

During flock encounters, a single vocal interaction seems to be sufficient for making the decision of whether to recruit an ...

Once thought to be extinct, lobe-finned coelacanths are enormous fish that live deep in the ocean. Now, researchers reporting in ...

Evolutionary biologists at the University of Bonn scan 219 species in different particle accelerators In the majority of insects, metamorphosis ...

Pheromones mediate asymmetric mating behavior in isogamous yeast Researchers from the Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology have discovered a surprising ...

From orange juice to sea water, and between the ground and 4-story building A group of researchers from the University ...

New techniques used to recreate the image of the Oxyuropoda - the cousin of the garden woodlice The old cousins ...

Killer whales have complex social structures including close "friendships", according to a new study that used drones to film the ...

Findings reveal how plants use a blend of genes, geography, demography and environmental conditions to evolve defense chemicals over time ...

The human gut microbiome is a complex community of trillions of microbes that are constantly interacting with each other and ...

Mary Jane West Eberhard, staff scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, has just received the ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, providing further evidence that the animal ...

Hebrew University identifies molecular factors that enable birds to fly, but keep the rest of us on terra firma For ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Many animals have evolved camouflage tactics for self-defense, but some butterflies and moths have taken it ...

A new study describes a particularly diverse fossil flora from 400 million year ago. The analysis of very old plant ...

While captive rearing may cause temporary disorientation, researchers found if Monarchs are given time in the wild to calibrate their ...

Natural selection can reverse evolution that occurs through sexual selection and this can lead to better females, new research shows. ...

New research has revealed the genetic makeup of the earliest goat herds. The findings, assimilated from DNA taken from the ...

Probably the find is the only evidence in the world that ancient people hunted Pleistocene small cave bears Russian paleontologists ...

A research group from Kobe University has demonstrated that the heat generated by the impact of a small astronomical body ...