For many decades, evolutionary biologists assumed that the changes in DNA, known as mutations, occur irrespective of any consequences for the organism. A team led by Professor Detlef Weigel, Director at the Max Planck Institute ...
Evolution
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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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A University of Otago study has revealed new evidence of rapid evolution in New Zealand's native insect species in response to increased exposure to wind from the loss of shelter due to deforestation.
Evolution
Aug 12, 2021
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Many commonly-eaten fish could face extinction as warming oceans due to climate change increases pressure on their survival while also hampering their ability to adapt.
Ecology
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