Foraminifera are tiny, single-celled organisms that live in the oceans. Their hard shells, made of calcium carbonate, can withstand the test of time and their fossils reveal a lot about Earth's history, including past climates ...
Evolution
Sep 19, 2023
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An extremely rare collection of 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France are closely related to living species, unlike older fossils of their kind.
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 17, 2023
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A team of researchers recently set out to determine whether it is possible to identify invasive common reed reliably in the field—reducing the need for time-consuming and costly genetic testing. In a study featured in Invasive ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2023
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Ophiothrix angulata, a widely recognized and prevalent ophiuroid species in the Western Atlantic, has long been the subject of taxonomic debate due to its remarkable morphological diversity. A new study just published in ...
Evolution
Jul 17, 2023
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A team of biologists and Earth scientists from the U.S., China and South Korea has uncovered clues to explain the unique physiology of the tardigrade (also known as the water bear). In their paper published in Proceedings ...
Compared to allopolyploid speciation, there are fewer cases of homoploid hybrid speciation in plants. Although transient homoploid hybridization events have been detected in many plant genera, solid evidence from genomic ...
Evolution
Jun 28, 2023
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Morphological study of open clusters can provide observational evidence for tracing the formation mechanism of star clusters and help to explore the evolution of star clusters.
Astronomy
Apr 26, 2023
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Horodyskia, characterized by a string of beads with uniform size and spacing, is a kind of macroscopic fossil with a record extending from the early Mesoproterozoic Era (~1.48 Ga) to the terminal Ediacaran Period (~550 Ma).
Evolution
Apr 21, 2023
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In a major survey of Swiss rivers and streams, more than 50 different fish species were recorded. For the first time, more than one species was also found in the case of smaller types of fish such as the bullhead. In Progetto ...
Ecology
Mar 29, 2023
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Cyanobacteria are the earliest known oxygenic photosynthetic organisms on Earth, and they played decisive roles in the evolution of the environment and the life on our planet. Cell morphology and cell size of different cyanobacteria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 24, 2023
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