A new study, using the digitized scans of beaks from over 8,700 bird species, is shedding light on how evolution changes at different scales. While the general principles of evolution by natural selection have been known ...
Evolution
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Earth is occasionally hit by little pieces of Mars. These bits of Martian rock are incredibly rare, but can tell us a lot about the geological history of the red planet. One of the biggest issues for scientists studying these ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 30, 2023
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Investing in natural history collections could help to supercharge UK science.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2023
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The remains of human bones with cutmarks, breaks and human chewing marks found across northern Europe show that some human groups living around 15,000 years ago were eating their dead not out of necessity, but as part of ...
Archaeology
Oct 5, 2023
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A species of bacteria that lived 407 million years ago would have flourished among early land plants.
Evolution
Sep 11, 2023
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Researchers, including Jeff Streicher, Senior Curator in Charge, Amphibians and Reptiles at the Natural History Museum, London, have unveiled the most extensive evolutionary tree of frogs (anuran amphibians) to date. This ...
Evolution
Sep 1, 2023
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Improving our knowledge of the Samoan swallowtail butterfly, and the relationships it has with other species, is vital to stop the species from becoming extinct.
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2023
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One of the U.K.'s most famous meteorites is helping scientists learn more about asteroids millions of kilometers away from Earth.
Planetary Sciences
Aug 7, 2023
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Artificial reefs might help to restore the ocean's ability to fight against climate change.
Ecology
Jul 26, 2023
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A rare lizard has been rediscovered 50 years after it was last seen.
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2023
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