Tag: Evolution

Credit: Daniel Powell In a small pool nestled between two waterfalls in Hidalgo, Mexico, lives a population of hybrid fish ...

Credit: Alex Abair GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Catnip is most famous for its ability to launch felines into a euphoric frenzy, ...

Credit: (Picture: Dirk Becker and Sönke Scherzer / University of Würzburg) Plants can produce energy-rich biomass with the help of ...

New work uncovers how a specific epigenetic mark is reset in spermCredit: Michael Borg Although they do it differently than ...

Research finds leg length gave giant predatory dinosaurs the advantage of efficiency, not speed as previously thought.Credit: Illustration by Julius ...

Asymptomatic spread can be a successful evolutionary strategyCredit: Chadi Saad-Roy, Princeton University COVID-19's rapid spread throughout the world has been ...

Priosphenodon specimens found in Argentina show the Late Cretaceous reptile evolved to have resilient tooth enamel similar to that in ...

Research on Russian drill core challenges long-standing models of oxygenation on EarthCredit: K. Paiste. Earth may have been far more ...

Credit: Andrew Gillis WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Nearly a quarter of Americans suffer from arthritis, most commonly due to the ...

Snakes and frogs appear to anticipate each otherCredit: Kyoto University/Nozomi Nishiumi Kyoto, Japan -- 'Like a frog stared down by ...

DNA scientists sampling the New Jersey shore bottle the changing ranges of marine life predicted a decade ago; Fishing DNA from seawater: a ...

Major cultural transition in Europe took place earlier than previously thoughtCredit: Tsenka Tsanova, License: CC-BY-SA 2.0 Two studies report new ...

Credit: Charlie Ellis Scientists have developed a test that can identify hybrids resulting from crossbreeding between European and American lobsters. ...

Credit: The University of Jyväskylä/Johanna Hippeläinen In many fish species body size plays an important role in sexual selection. Large ...

CT scans of rounded teeth help explain how this order of marine reptiles took over the oceansCredit: Ryosuke Motani et ...

Researchers discover a gene in honey bees that causes virgin birthCredit: Professor Benjamin Oldroyd/University of Sydney In a study published ...

Credit: Purdue University photo/Henry Legett Treefrogs become easy targets for predators and parasites when they send mating calls, but they're ...

Credit: Andrei Sourakov/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The iconic eyespots that some moths and butterflies use to ward off predators ...

Credit: Lloyd Russell, University of Plymouth Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its ...

Credit: Matthew Towers, University of Sheffield Flight feathers are amazing evolutionary innovations that allowed birds to conquer the sky. A ...