The blind Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) have not only lost their sight but have adapted to perpetual darkness by also losing their pigment (albinism) and having altered sleep patterns. New research publis ...

Biology - Evolution

Jan 22, 2012 4.8 / 5 (11) 47 |

A new University of Florida study shows a hybrid plant species may experience rapid genome evolution in predictable patterns, meaning evolution repeats itself in populations of independent origin.

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 19, 2012 not rated yet 1 |

Why are the faces of primates so dramatically different from one another?

Biology - Evolution

Jan 11, 2012 4.6 / 5 (16) 10 |

The great variation of a specific form of immune genes makes organ transplants so complicated. On the other hand, we need such a great variability in order to resist infectious diseases. This is why it also ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don't account for species competition ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 04, 2012 4.8 / 5 (8) 6 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- The duration of sexual intercourse differs wildly across the animal kingdom. Now researchers seeking to understand the evolutionary significance of lengthy copulation duration have found evidence ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Dec 09, 2011 4.3 / 5 (4) 4 |

UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced the most comprehensive mathematical model ever devised to track the health of populations exposed to environmental change.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 03, 2011 4.4 / 5 (8) 15 |

A species of truffle that is considered to be rare has been found for the first time in Finland. Previously it has been thought to exist only in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The truffle ...

Biology - Ecology

May 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

We all know about people's personalities, and anyone with a dog or a cat will also tell you about their temperaments. More surprising, though, is how many others, from octopuses to frogs and even spiders ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 09, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is proposing a new investigative roadmap for the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or "evo devo," to better understand ...

Biology - Evolution

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

Researchers at the University of Arizona's Tumamoc Hill have digitized 106 years of growth data on individual plants, making the information available for study by people all over the world.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 29, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

By demonstrating the close 'relatedness' of two primitive jawless fish, scientists begin to assemble a more accurate depiction of the early history of vertebrate evolution.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

An international research team in including Christian Schlötterer and Alistair McGregor of the Vetmeduni Vienna has discovered a completely new mechanism by which evolution can change the appearance of an ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 19, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 3

Model calculations predict a sea level rise of about one meter by the end of this century and of up to five and a half meters by the year 2500. Until now there are few studies on the potential impacts of ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 09, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 1

(Phys.org) —Ecologists are wary of non-native species, but along the shores of Cape Cod where grass-eating crabs have been running amok and destroying the marsh, an invasion of a predatory green crabs has ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0