Tag: Evolution

Credit: Virginia Tech If you've ever spent some time in the Caribbean, you might have noticed that humans are not ...

Credit: Davide Michieletto A process that cells use to unravel knotted strands of DNA - resembling a method used to ...

Not all methane originated in buried, decayed remains of ancient life; some deep hydrocarbons aren't conventional 'fossil fuels' as popularly ...

Credit: Paulo Castro The Araguaian river dolphin of Brazil is something of a mystery. It was thought to be quite ...

Credit: Credit: Kent Vliet/University of Florida. The iconic "death roll" of alligators and crocodiles may be more common among species ...

Two scientists at UC Santa Barbara whose work has contributed in significant ways to our understanding of nature and of ...

A genetic and computational analysis of birds suggests that the Andean and Atlantic tropical forests, which are now almost a ...

Credit: Mingzhen Lu, Princeton Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Dense rainforests, maple-blanketed mountains and sweeping coniferous forests demonstrate the growth and ...

Ancient beetle infiltrated earliest-known ant colonies like its modern relativesCredit: Caltech Almost 100 million years ago, a tiny and misfortunate ...

Palaeobiologists from the University of Bristol and Howard University (USA) have uncovered new evidence that suggests that horses' legs have ...

Study explores the genetics behind the evolution of flightless birds Since Darwin's era, scientists have wondered how flightless birds like ...

Using a powerful X-ray imaging system, Brown University scientists found that catfish move joints throughout their head in a concerted ...

This Easter, researchers reveal why some parents eat their kids' eggs: it's because they care As you bite into a ...

Rutgers-led study may lead to improved breeding of corn and other cropsCredit: Hugo Dooner/Waksman Institute of Microbiology Pollen genes mutate ...

The scientific community has long held an understanding about the effect of temperature on sperm production in mammals, but this ...

An animal's choice of mate can be influenced by its diet as it reaches sexual maturity, research has shown. The ...

Study finds shallow bodies of water were probably more suitable for Earth's first life forms Primitive ponds may have provided ...

Credit: Florian Schiestl, UZH Brassica rapa plants pollinated by bumblebees evolve more attractive flowers. But this evolution is compromised if ...

The discovery highlights the urgent need of modern DNA tools when studying rapidly declining animal groups like amphibiansCredit: Dr Robert ...

Research scientists led by the University of Kent have uncovered hidden diversity within a type of frog found only in ...