Study reveals new family tree for ray-finned fish
(Phys.org) -- The most common lineages of fish found today in oceans, lakes, and rivers evolved about the same time as mammals and birds, a new Yale University-led study shows.
Aug 07, 2012
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Scientists find oldest dinosaur—or closest relative yet
Researchers have discovered what may be the earliest dinosaur, a creature the size of a Labrador retriever, but with a five foot-long tail, that walked the Earth about 10 million years before more familiar ...
Dec 04, 2012
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Extinction runs in the family
After 121 years, identification of 'grave robber' fossil solves a paleontological enigma
An international team of researchers, including Carnegie Museum of Natural History scientist John Wible, has resolved the evolutionary relationships of Necrolestes patagonensis, whose name translates into " ...
Nov 19, 2012
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Sexless for a million years, stick bugs elude extinction
(PhysOrg.com) -- Simon Fraser University biologists say a species of stick insect found to be celibate for 1.5 million years raises questions about why these particular lineages have escaped extinction thus ...
Jul 19, 2011
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Endangered horse has ancient origins and high genetic diversity, new study finds
Fungi shifted plant balance of power
Cooperating with fungi didn't just help the earliest plants spread across a barren, rocky landscape; it also played a decisive role in the rise of more complex plants with roots and leaves that make up most ...
May 24, 2012
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Oldest fossil of giant panda family discovered
New fossils found in Spain are thought to be of the oldest recorded ancestor of the giant panda.
Nov 14, 2012
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When plants go polyploid
(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant lineages with multiple copies of their genetic information face higher extinction rates than their relatives, researchers report in Science magazine.
Sep 13, 2011
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How sticky toepads evolved in geckos and what that means for adhesive technologies
Geckos have independently evolved their trademark sticky feet as many as 11 times, and lost them nine times, according to research published June 27 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Jun 27, 2012
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Famed fossil isn't a bird after all, analysis says
(AP) -- One of the world's most famous fossil creatures, widely considered the earliest known bird, is getting a rude present on the 150th birthday of its discovery: A new analysis suggests it isn't a bird ...
Jul 27, 2011
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'Policing' stops cheaters from dominating groups of cooperative bacteria
Researchers closer to understanding the evolution of sound production in fish
Bat researchers no longer flying blind on echolocation
Researchers at The University of Western Ontario led an international and multi-disciplinary study that sheds new light on the way that bats echolocate. With echolocation, animals emit sounds and then listen ...
Jan 24, 2010
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