Modern snakes evolved from ancestors that lived side by side with the dinosaurs and that likely fed mainly on insects and lizards.
Evolution
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There are many different kinds of anoles, but they tend not to mix. Females recognize the colorful, extendable neck flap of an amorous male of the same species, or the pattern of his head-bobbing dance. As a result, the Jets ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2021
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Scientists at Stanford University have discovered a surprising pattern in how life reemerges from cataclysm. Research published Oct. 6 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows the usual rules of body size evolution change ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 6, 2021
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The smarter the bird, the more unique welfare needs it has in captivity, according to a U of G first-ever study.
Plants & Animals
Oct 6, 2021
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University of Kentucky College of Medicine researchers were part of a new study that gives insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates.
Evolution
Oct 5, 2021
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Microorganisms can increase their host's ability to adapt to the environment and reproduce—evolutionary biologists are now studying the underlying molecular mechanisms. A research team headed by Dr. Fabian Staubach and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 27, 2021
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A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope with brutally unpredictable environments.
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2021
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UNSW marine biologists have developed a method for identifying Australia's soft corals that are most vulnerable—and most resistant—to rising sea temperatures and episodes of coral bleaching, and therefore, which species ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2021
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The open oceans are harsh and hostile environments where insects might not be expected to thrive. In fact, only one insect group, ocean skaters, or water striders, has adapted to life on the open seas.
Plants & Animals
Sep 6, 2021
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Dutch scientists were on Wednesday probing the mysterious deaths of dozens of harbour porpoises whose carcasses have been washing up on the country's northern beaches since last week.
Ecology
Sep 1, 2021
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