Tag: Evolution

Structures inside rare bacteria are similar to those that power photosynthesis in plants today, suggesting the process is older than ...

Credit: Anna Roik Coral reefs are delicate ecosystems that are particularly sensitive to human influences such as climate change and ...

An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development As embryos develop, ...

At today's rate, it could take another two millennia for science to document all currently existing species of multicellular lifeCredit: ...

Introduced tree species are exempt from the constraints that soil pathogens impose on native trees, aiding their ability to spread ...

University partners with four institutions as part of National Science Foundation Big Idea program to study coral reef evolution, adaptationCredit: ...

Researchers at the University of Turku found that the presence of a maternal sister was positively and significantly associated with ...

Credit: FEFU press office Archaeologists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS (Russia), Escuela ...

New guidelines for helping corals adapt to changing environmentCredit: Ilsa Kuffner, US Geological Survey New guidelines drafted by a consortium ...

EAST LANSING, Mich -- Scientists think that green algae are plants water-living ancestors, but we are not sure how the ...

Credit: Bernard Castelein Climate change can threaten species and extinctions can impact ecosystem health. It is therefore of vital importance ...

Credit: Courtesy of Ken Stedman Researchers from Portland State University and the University of Texas Medical Branch have been awarded ...

Scientists have given a fascinating new insight into the way microbes adopt a 'co-operative' approach to securing the nutrients they ...

Credit: Mr Wen-Xuan Bi A remarkable bioluminescent click beetle was discovered in the subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests in southwest China. ...