Evolution doesn't have to take millions of years. New research shows that a type of lizard living on man-made islands in Brazil has developed a larger head than its mainland cousins in a period of only 15 years.
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2017
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Researchers in the U.S. and Japan say they may have found the cause of the first mass extinction of life on Earth.
Earth Sciences
May 17, 2017
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A University of Wyoming researcher is part of an international team that has discovered how more than 700 species of fish have evolved in East Africa's Lake Victoria region over the past 150,000 years.
Evolution
Feb 10, 2017
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It has long been suspected that humans and the urban areas we create are having an important—and surprisingly current and ongoing—effect on evolution, which may have significant implications for the sustainability of ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2017
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Rapid evolution of other species happens all around us all the time - and many of the most extreme examples are associated with human influences.
Evolution
Dec 5, 2016
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Researchers believe that competition tends to differentiate ecological requirements after repeated interactions and allows biodiversity. Even if the mechanisms that allow species to evolve, coexist, compete, cooperate, or ...
Evolution
May 13, 2016
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The rapid evolution of gadgets has brought us an impressive array of "smart" products from phones to tablets, and now watches and glasses. But they still haven't broken free from their rigid form.
Materials Science
May 20, 2015
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A new study appearing this week in the scientific journal eLIFE about the rapid evolution of small viruses that infect bacteria includes 59 University of Colorado Boulder co-authors, all of whom conducted research for the ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 4, 2015
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If you tell your mum she's fleek, she probably won't get the compliment—social media is driving a rapid evolution of the English language that is leaving parents baffled, a study suggested Friday.
Internet
May 1, 2015
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Today, invasive animals and plants spread all around the globe. Predicting the dynamics of these invasions is of great ecological and socioeconomical interest. Yet studying them is fundamentally challenging because of the ...
Ecology
Apr 22, 2015
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