Spot the difference: Two identical-looking bird species with very different genes
Scientists have identified a new bird species from the Southern coast of China, that diverged from its Northern relatives around ...
Tag: Evolution
System by which plants have formed secondary buds since ancient times illuminated
Credit: Kobe University A collaborative research group has succeeded in identifying an important transcription factor, GCAM1, which allows liverwort plants ...
Ant expert discovers newly emergent species in his backyard
Irrigation and urban forest may have drawn long-hidden species to the surfaceCredit: Jack Longino/University of Utah Jack Longino is a ...
First evidence of feathered polar dinosaurs found in Australia
Credit: Peter Trusler A cache of 118 million-year-old fossilized dinosaur and bird feathers has been recovered from an ancient lake ...
Humans’ ability to read dogs’ facial expressions is learned, not innate
The first comprehensive study of the human ability to recognize the facial expressions of dogs suggests this ability is mainly ...
New study first to reveal growth rates of deep-sea coral communities
Credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2015 Hohonu Moana A collaboration between researchers at the University of Hawai'i ...
Gimme shelter: Seven new leech species call freshwater mussels home
Credit: Anna L. Klass The frequent presence of leeches with a hidden lifestyle in the mantle cavity of freshwater mussels ...
Finding Nemo’s cousins
Meet the little fish that can see UV lightCredit: Prof Justin Marshall, University of Queensland The fish made famous in ...
Ancient Rome: a 12,000-year history of genetic flux, migrations and diversity
Credit: © Michaela Lucci The study, published November 8 in Science, focuses on the ancient DNA of individuals from Rome ...
Stanford scientists link Neanderthal extinction to human diseases
Credit: Vivian Chen Wong Growing up in Israel, Gili Greenbaum would give tours of local caves once inhabited by Neanderthals ...
Mammals’ complex spines are linked to high metabolisms; we’re learning how they evolved
Credit: Field Museum Mammals' backbones are weird. Compared to other four-legged animals like reptiles, mammal spines are a complex mix ...
The genetic imprint of Palaeolithic has been detected in North African populations
They have identified a small genetic imprint of the inhabitants of the region in Palaeolithic times, thus ruling out the ...
The importance of Madagascar’s lowland rainforest for lemur conservation
Credit: Marco Campera Throughout their evolutionary history, animals in regions with limited lowland habitat have evolved to adapt to higher ...
Jaw-some wombats may be great survivors
Credit: The University of Queensland Flexible jaws may help wombats better survive in a changing world by adapting to climate ...
Study of African animals illuminates links between environment, diet and gut microbiome
Credit: Robert Pringle, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University and senior author on the study. PROVIDENCE, ...
Stuck in a Polish nuclear weapon bunker cannibal wood ants found the way home
Credit: Wojciech Stephan In a recent development of the story about wood ants trapped in a post-Soviet nuclear weapon bunker ...
Discriminating diets of meat-eating dinosaurs
Credit: Joep Schaeffer A big problem with dinosaurs is that there seem to be too many meat-eaters. From studies of ...
Harvesting genes to improve watermelons
An international team of researchers have created a resource that could help plant breeders increase the domestic watermelon's quality and ...
Ancient rhinos roamed the Yukon
Credit: Julius Csotonyi In 1973, a teacher named Joan Hodgins took her students on a hike near Whitehorse in Canada's ...
Bacterial arsenic efflux genes enabled plants to transport boron efficiently
Functional origin of Nodulin26-like-intrinsic-proteins in plants uncoveredCredit: J. Himpe/IPK Gatersleben Stubby roots, brittle branches, poor fertility - these are some ...
