Which animals will survive climate change?
Genetic changes in threespine stickleback fish driven by seasonal shifts could help scientist predict how certain species will adapt to ...
Tag: Evolution
Herbivores developed powerful jaws to digest tougher plants after the mass extinctions
Credit: James Ormiston Researchers at the University of Bristol found that plant eaters diversified quickly after mass extinctions to eat ...
New snailfish genome reveals how they adapted to the pressures of deep-sea life
The genome contains extra genes for enzymes that help stabilize its proteins and DNA under high pressuresCredit: Mu Y et ...
Evolutionary biologists discover mechanism that enables lizards to breathe underwater
Credit: Lindsey Swierk TORONTO, ON - A team of evolutionary biologists from the University of Toronto has shown that Anolis ...
High genomic diversity is good news for California condor
First complete genome reveals high genetic diversity despite recent brush with extinctionCredit: Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance ...
Man’s best friend in life and death: Pet dog brain banking supports aging research
The relevance of pet dog biobanking in molecular research and the initiative to make pioneering steps in this field. The ...
Ankle and foot bone evolution gave prehistoric mammals a leg up
Credit: Sarah Shelley The evolution of ankle and foot bones into different shapes and sizes helped mammals adapt and thrive ...
Life may have become cellular by using unusual molecules
All modern life is cellular, but how life came to be cellular remains uncertain. New research suggests chemical compounds likely ...
Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit
Credit: Andrey Atuchin A giant mosasaur from the end of the Cretaceous period in Morocco that could have reached up ...
Prehistoric horses, bison shared diet
Tooth wear offers clues to how diversity of Ice Age mammals co-existed in AlaskaCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative University of Cincinnati ...
Xerocrassa montserratensis, an endemic and threatened snail in Catalonia
The genetic structure of the land snail identified in the late 19th century in the Montserrat mountainCredit: Vicenç Bros A ...
Southern African dinosaur had irregular growth
Credit: Dorling Kindersley Anyone who's raised a child or a pet will know just how fast and how steady their ...
History of giants in the gene: Scientists use DNA to trace the origins of giant viruses
Scientists investigate the evolution of Mimivirus, one of the world's largest viruses, through how they replicate DNACredit: Indian Institute of ...
Rooting the bacterial tree of life
Credit: The University of Queensland Scientists now better understand early bacterial evolution, thanks to new research featuring University of Queensland ...
Newly described horned dinosaur from New Mexico was the earliest of its kind
With a frilled head and beaked face, Menefeeceratops sealeyi lived 82 million years ago, predating its relative, TriceratopsCredit: Sergey Krasovskiy ...
New ancient shark discovered
Credit: (© Sebastian Stumpf) This rare fossil find comes from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in England, a series of sedimentary ...
NSU researcher part of team to sequence the genome of the leopard
This genetic analysis revises current interpretation of their natural history, migrations and future vulnerabilityCredit: Nikolay Zinoviev Study Take-Aways: Different African ...
Zebrafish brain shows that new neurons are formed in the brain in a coordinated manner
Credit: Tel Aviv University Using Zebrafish, researchers from the School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Faculty of Life ...
Boosting body heat production: A new approach for treating obesity
Credit: Garvan Institute A receptor that helps conserve energy when food is scarce may be the key to a safer ...
The formation of the Amazon Basin influenced the distribution of manatees
Whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing of the three extant species of the aquatic mammal shows that they first split from their ...