As global climate shifts, forests’ futures may be caught in the wind
Global wind currents have shaped the genetic diversity of our planet's forests and could either help or hinder tree populations ...
Tag: Evolution
Study indicates São Tomé island has two species of caecilians found nowhere else on Earth
Research adds evidence to century-long scientific debate and reveals how volcanic activity may have driven divergence of the limbless amphibiansCredit: ...
Flower size correlates with pollinator size, evolved independently among mountains
Credit: Tsubasa Toji, Shinshu University The morphological compatibility between flowers and insects was given in the famous textbook example of ...
Could wider use of gene reserves protect rare species?
Credit: Melissa Minter, University of York UK landowners and conservationists welcome wider-spread use of Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) to help ...
The legume family tree
Massive molecular study uncovers clues to the evolution and diversification of essential plant familyCredit: Yiyong Zhao, Chien-Hsun Huang, and Hong ...
Learning on the fly
Computational model demonstrates similarity in how humans and insects learn about their surroundingsCredit: University of Sussex Even the humble fruit ...
Slender-snouted Besanosaurus was an 8 m long marine snapper
Paleontologists working in museum collections in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany have identified five additional specimens of a 240-million-year-old ichthyosaur, named ...
Meet the freaky fanged frog from the Philippines
Credit: Scott Travers LAWRENCE -- Researchers at the University of Kansas have described a new species of fanged frog discovered ...
New bonobo genome fine tunes great ape evolution studies
A newly generated bonobo genome assembly is helping pinpoint specific variants that distinguish chimpanzee and bonobo lineagesCredit: Claudia Philipp/Wuppertal Zoo ...
Water flora in the lakes of the ancient Tethys Ocean islands
New biogeographical affinities in Cretaceous floraCredit: Cretaceous Research A study published in Cretaceous Research expands the paleontological richness of continental ...
A surprising discovery: Bats know the speed of sound from birth
Bats' "supersense" of timeCredit: Tel Aviv University A new Tel Aviv University study has revealed, for the first time, that ...
A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar discovered
A new pelomedusoid turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of suction feeding among pleurodires.Credit: ...
UNC Charlotte researchers analyzed the host origins of SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses
Credit: Denis Jacob Machado Coronavirus (CoVs) infection in animals and humans is not new. The earliest papers in the scientific ...
New study traces back the progenitor genomes causing COVID-19 and geospatial spread
Many variant strains were shown to be present before the first known cases identified in ChinaCredit: Sudhir Kumar, Temple University ...
NYUAD study sequences genome of extinct date palms germinated from 2,000 year-old seeds
This study marks the first time researchers have sequenced the genomes of plants from ancient germinated seedsCredit: Sarah Sallon Abu ...
Microfossil found in Scottish Highlands could be ‘missing link’ in early animal evolution
Freshwater fossil displays multicellularity 400 million years earlier than previously establishedCredit: P.K. Strother Chestnut Hill, MA (5/3/2021) -- The billion-year-old ...
Bornean rajah scops owl rediscovered after 125 years
First-ever photographs of what may be a distinct speciesCredit: Andy Boyce The Bornean subspecies of Rajah scops owl (Otus brookii ...
Newly identified saber-toothed cat is one of largest in history
Giant cat roamed North America 5-9 million years agoCredit: Photo courtesy of John Orcutt COLUMBUS, Ohio - A giant saber-toothed ...
Flatfish got weird fast due to evolutionary cascade
Study: Skull asymmetry arose rapidly from trait co-evolutionCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 3, 2021) - Ever look at ...
New view of species interactions offers clues to preserve threatened ecosystems
Analysis reveals complex forest connections that underscore diversity's role in protecting ecosystem healthCredit: Christopher Wills, UC San Diego As the ...