These fish use their 'legs' for more than walking - Harvard Gazette
The scuttling sea robin serves as a unique evolutionary model to study trait development and organ formation, with potential implications for understanding human biology.
Lizard that Hulks out shows off its superhero genes
Podarcis muralis nigriventris exhibits Hulk-like traits due to introgression from different lineages, leading to unique physical features and aggressiveness.
These fish use their 'legs' for more than walking - Harvard Gazette
The scuttling sea robin serves as a unique evolutionary model to study trait development and organ formation, with potential implications for understanding human biology.
Lizard that Hulks out shows off its superhero genes
Podarcis muralis nigriventris exhibits Hulk-like traits due to introgression from different lineages, leading to unique physical features and aggressiveness.
Here's Why Birds Look So Goofy When They RunAnd Dinosaurs May Have, Too
Birds utilize 'grounded running' as an efficient locomotion strategy, particularly at certain speeds, demonstrating energy efficiency in their unique gaits.
10 Medieval Studies' Articles Published Last Month - Medievalists.net
Medieval studies are incorporating diverse topics like social dynamics of violence in Viking society and their evolutionary implications.
Open-access articles provide valuable insights into recent findings in medieval research.
Is There Life in the Cosmos? New Observations and Experiments | HackerNoon
Life emerges as expected through complex phase transitions, not simple deductions.
Collectively autocatalytic small molecules may be the simplest forms of life.
Experimental diversity in molecular libraries may reveal fundamental life processes.
The fish with the genome 30 times larger than ours gets sequenced
The South American lungfish reveals a unique evolutionary story of extensive DNA expansion with less gene diversity, challenging previous assumptions about vertebrate ancestry.
Startling genome discovery in butterfly project reveals impact of climate change in Europe
The chalkhill blue butterfly in Europe has different chromosome numbers depending on its location due to evolving behavior while moving northwards post-glacial periods.
Celebrating Evolution: Vhils and Bordalo II Honor Darwin | stupidDOPE
Darwin's concept of natural selection revolutionized evolutionary biology, highlighting the common ancestry between humans and primates.
Chimpanzees gesture back and forth during conversations - like humans
Chimpanzees display turn-taking and conversation-like gestures similar to human interactions.
Biologist Rosemary Grant: Evolution happens much quicker than Darwin thought'
The Grants' 40-year study of Darwin's finches shows evolution by natural selection in real-time.
Biggest genome ever found belongs to this odd little plant
A small fern-like plant, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has the largest genome discovered with 160 billion base pairs, exceeding the human genome by over 50 times.
Tiny Fern Has World's Largest Genome
A tiny fern-like plant, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, holds the largest genome ever discovered with 160 billion base pairs.
Biggest genome ever found belongs to this odd little plant
A small fern-like plant, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has the largest genome discovered with 160 billion base pairs, exceeding the human genome by over 50 times.
Tiny Fern Has World's Largest Genome
A tiny fern-like plant, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, holds the largest genome ever discovered with 160 billion base pairs.
The German cockroach, a species widespread in the world, adapted to humans with incredible speed and specificity, tracing its origins and spread globally in recent research.
How Wasps Make Use of Biological Weapons To Conquer Their Prey
Parasitic wasps have domesticated viruses to use as biological weapons against their insect hosts.
Snore of Value: Bitcoin's Sleepwalk Towards Stasis
Evolution is a reactive process and can lead to extinction if rapid changes occur.
Fossils document evolutionary changes of jaw joint to mammalian middle ear - Nature
Fossils from Jurassic mammals show transition in middle ear evolution from load-bearing to exclusively auditory function.
Evidence of gradual loss of load-bearing function in articular-quadrate jaw joint in early mammaliaforms.
For Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm
Female elephant seals can be significantly smaller than males due to sexual size dimorphism.
Research challenges the notion that male mammals are always larger, highlighting the need for more studies on mating systems and evolutionary forces.
Daily briefing: How humans lost their tails
Primates with tails lack a specific DNA insertion found in humans and other apes.
Dwarf galaxies played a crucial role in clearing the cosmic fog after the Big Bang.
New Linguistics Technique Could Reveal Who Spoke the First Indo-European Languages
Indo-European languages share a common origin traced back thousands of years.
A new analysis suggests the origin of the Indo-European language may have been with a community of farmers in Anatolia, modern-day Turkey.
Behold, the 'Giga-Goose'
Researchers uncovered and reconstructed the skull of a giant flightless bird nicknamed giga-goose, solving long-standing speculations about its ancestry.
Cuckoo Chicks Are Sleeper Agents in Evolutionary Arms Race
Speciation can occur through an arms race between exploiters and victims, leading to mimicry and potentially new species.
Is swimming in the sea really any good for you? What the science says
Sea swimming is popular and often referred to as cold water swimming, with no strict definition of 'cold' for sea water temperatures.
A late-Ediacaran crown-group sponge animal - Nature
Precambrian sponge fossils existed before the Cambrian period without biomineralized spicules.
Ants can perform life-saving amputations on their wounded, study says
Ants, specifically Florida carpenter ants, perform life-saving amputations on wounded nestmates, showcasing sophisticated care strategies within the species.
Fasting to Heal Autoimmune Disease
Fasting is a crucial tool for managing autoimmune diseases, improving metabolic and immune function.
Fasting is deeply rooted in cultural and religious traditions and has evolutionary biological benefits.
Extended maternal care central factor to human other animal, longevity
The relationship between mother and child may contribute to humans living longer lives.
Tiny deep-sea squid spotted protecting giant eggs may be a new species
A new deep-sea squid species was discovered due to its unique reproductive habits, devoting more resources to fewer and larger eggs than traditional deep-sea squids.
Mothers' care is central factor in animal, human longevity | Cornell Chronicle
The mother-child relationship may contribute to humans' longer lifespan.