The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors—most notably, it is significantly smaller, and more gracile. However, the reasons behind this change remain largely unknown. A team of researchers ...
Evolution
Mar 26, 2025
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Ancient DNA extracted from a sediment core from a high-altitude Pyrenean lake in Spain reveals that fish may have been added to the lake by humans as early as the 7th century CE. The findings, published in Nature Communications, ...
Ecology
Apr 8, 2025
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An international team of paleontologists and Earth scientists has identified fossilized remains as a two-clawed therizinosaur. The fossils were unearthed more than a decade ago in Mongolia. Their paper is published in the ...
In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a diminutive marsupial that's the last living representative of its family.
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2025
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A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has an ancient evolutionary origin, dating back over half a billion years. The findings, published ...
Evolution
Mar 24, 2025
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A researcher at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has found that more than 99% of dogs in the United States show behaviors that are potentially problematic, with the top categories ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2025
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Sunburns and aging skin are obvious effects of exposure to harmful UV rays, tobacco smoke and other carcinogens. But the effects aren't just skin deep. Inside the body, DNA is literally being torn apart.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 12, 2025
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Almost everywhere in California, salmon are on the decline. But in Putah Creek—a restored stream running through the University of California, Davis, campus—wild salmon are not only increasing, they are also completing ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2025
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The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind snake, it's the only known snake species with three sets of chromosomes instead of two—and it can ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2025
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A small team of computational and evolutionary biologists from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, reports that unique lactase genes ...
