Tag: Evolution

Overlapping versions of our entire genetic history, present in every cell, complicate the delivery of precision medicine, researchers findCredit: JD ...

SARS-CoV-2 mutation mirrors one found during 2003 SARS outbreakCredit: Efrem Lim, ASU Biodesign Institute As the coronavirus pandemic has swept ...

Credit: Matthew Barbour / UZH What effect does extinction of species have on the evolution of surviving species? Evolutionary biologists ...

Credit: Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant. Despite the traditional view that species do not exchange genes by hybridisation, ...

Their openness to associate with previously unknown yeasts could be a crucial factor for the emergence of new Drosophila speciesCredit: ...

Credit: Christian Ziegler Reproduction can be risky. In the case of katydids, some hunting bats eavesdrop on male mating calls ...

Credit: Roland Gockel African naked mole-rats are sometimes referred to as animal superheroes. They resist cancer, tolerate pain, and live ...

Cooperation among biologically unrelated individuals is uniquely humanCredit: Painted by: Liane Gabora While the capability for organisms to work together ...

Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer finds unique swimming adaptations in a dinosaurCredit: Jason Treat, NG Staff, and Mesa Schumacher Art: ...

Adalatherium identified as part of enigmatic Southern Hemisphere mammalian group that lived at the time of dinosaursCredit: Image courtesy Denver ...

New isotopic study of fossil teeth shows flexible human adaptations to Pleistocene island life through timeCredit: Sue O'Connor A new ...

Credit: 18th International Congress of Myriapodology Last year, the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology brought together 92 of the world's ...

Credit: World Scientific The Age of the Earth -- A Physicist's Odyssey spells out how the age of our planet has ...

Researchers explore how natural processes determine the distribution of chemical elements in soils and highlight the effect of miningCredit: Earth ...

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Antibiotics save lives -- but using them also helps antibiotic-resistant strains evolve ...

Credit: University of Basel, Dario Moser Evolution is usually viewed as a slow process, with changes in traits emerging over ...

Credit: P. Buchner / Tiroler Landesmuseen The discovery of new, still unnamed animal species in a well-researched European region like ...

New children's story book about geneticsCredit: Dr. Tiffany Taylor/James Munro How do you explain genes and genetics to a six ...

New findings on procedures and meanings of human heart sacrifices in MesoamericaCredit: CINVESTAV Unidad Mérida Sacrificial rituals featuring human heart ...

Fossil vertebrae give insights into growth and extinction of an enigmatic shark groupCredit: © Patrick L. Jambura In 1996, palaeontologists ...