Tag: Evolution

Credit: Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Germany and the United States have analyzed the metabolomes ...

Credit: © Caladan Oceanic LLC A diverse microbial community has adapted to an extremely salty environment deep in the Red ...

Intense noise reduces bird foraging activity and causes bats to switch hunting strategiesCredit: Dr. Cory Toth While many might consider ...

Credit: Christian Sidor Paleontologists had to adjust to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many had to postpone fossil excavations, ...

Zoologists explore the mechanism and development of gravity-sensing ability in marine acoel flatwormsCredit: 2021 Okayama University All living organisms are ...

First plant found to deceive pollinators by mimicking decomposing insectsCredit: Credit: T. Rupp, B. Oelschlägel, K. Rabitsch et al. The ...

New research by Louisiana State University biologists offers insight into this commercially important speciesCredit: Photo Credit: Morgan Kelly, LSU Oysters ...

Credit: Mattias Jakobsson For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from the skull of Peştera Muierii ...

Credit: (Image: Julia Kunz) Orangutans are closely related to humans. And yet, they are much less sociable than other species ...

12000-year-old fish bones shed light on evolutionary processes.Credit: Photo: Anders Romundset, NGU / NTNU The last ice age ended almost ...

Influence of herbivores likely counteracts earlier plant emergence due to climate changeCredit: Cleland Lab, UC San Diego For young plants, ...

A new study is taking the air out of a hypothesis linking early Earth's oxygenation to larger, more complex organisms. ...

New findings show connections between the ancient horse populations in North America, where horses evolved, and Eurasia, where they were ...

Potential benefits to health across species, communities and environments are enormousCredit: James Hassell/Smithsonian In the midst of a devastating global ...

Study shows erosion of ant genome tied to loss of functional, behavioral and social traits in 3 inquiline speciesCredit: Martin ...

Credit: Ryan Flynn Stanford researchers have discovered a new kind of biomolecule that could play a significant role in the ...

Credit: Art by Corbin Rainbolt. A new study led by researchers from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University ...

Scientists explain the genetics of what makes the smell of lavender specialCredit: Horticulture Research Even the mention of lavender evokes ...

Anthocerotibacter panamensis, a newly discovered species of cyanobacteria, can help researchers study the dawn of oxygenic photosynthesisCredit: Fay-Wei Li ITHACA, ...

Ancient zircons from the jack hills of western Australia hone date of an event that was crucial to making the ...