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Humans have a uniquely high density of sweat glands embedded in their skin—10 times the density of chimpanzees and macaques. Now, researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered how this distinctive, hyper-cooling trait evolved in the human genome.
Read moreAncient clues, in the shape of fossils and archaeological evidence of varying quality scattered across Australia, have formed the basis
Read moreResearchers have found common foxgloves brought to the Americas have rapidly evolved to change flower length in the presence of
Read moreApril12, 2021 – Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the end of the
Read moreWhile pollinators such as bees and butterflies provide crucial ecosystem services today, little is known about the origin of the
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Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory of evolution, noted that corals form far-reaching structures, largely made of limestone, that surround tropical islands. He didn’t know how they performed this feat. Now, Rutgers scientists have shown that coral structures consist of a biomineral containing a highly organized organic mix of proteins that resembles what is in our bones. Their study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, shows for the first time that several proteins are organized spatially – a process that’s critical to forming a rock-hard coral skeleton.
Read moreScientists discover first nocturnal cichlid species from Africa’s lake Malawi that offers clues into the evolution of sleep
Read moreIt’s like something out of science fiction. Research led by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences has revealed that a group
Read more120-million-year-old animals evolved “scratch-digging” traits independently
Read moreStudy suggests that high social status contributes to accelerated aging in baboons, despite its other advantages
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Overfishing likely did not cause the Atlantic cod, an iconic species, to evolve genetically and mature earlier, according to a study led by Rutgers University and the University of Oslo – the first of its kind – with major implications for ocean conservation.
Read moreResearchers say that our framework for classifying coral species needs to be expanded to capture ecological diversity and protect reef environments
Read moreHippos and cetaceans are close relatives, but their shared “aquatic” skin traits did not come from a common ancestor
Read moreEvolutionary biology: Publication in Communications Biology
Read moreFirst evidence of trilobites’ bizarre breathing organs uncovered
Read moreArchaeological evidence in a rockshelter at the edge of the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, is challenging the idea that the origins of our species were linked to coastal environments
Read moreThe era of big data has inundated nearly all scientific fields with torrents of newly available data with the power
Read moreScientists from Trinity College Dublin believe they have pinpointed our most distant animal relative in the tree of life and,
Read moreResearchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark energy, a substance that makes it possible for the universe to expand at an ever-increasing rate. But in a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers te
Read moreRaul Chavarria, a University of North Florida senior majoring in biology with a concentration in ecology and evolution, received the
Read moreModern biology considers bone cells (osteocytes) as essential for bone development and health. However, when bone initially evolved some 400-million years ago, it did not contain bone cells. So why did bone cells evolve?
Read moreProject to groom undergrads for agricultural science careers
Read moreThe first in-depth look at the human ability to decode the range of emotions tied to the acoustic cues of screams
Read moreMachine learning opens new doors in archaeology
Read moreBy looking at this newly emerged bird, a University of Colorado Boulder-led research team found an ‘evolutionary shortcut’ for speciation
Read moreIt makes evolutionary sense for long-lived animals to have complex social relationships – such as friends and enemies – researchers
Read moreResearch into the flower preferences of pollinating moths may have delivered a vital clue to the simple factors needed for
Read moreGraduate Center, CUNY researchers uncover evidence suggesting that volcanic carbon emissions were not a major driver of the Earth’s most recent extinction event.
Read moreStartling new evidence shows mammal salivary glands and snake venom glands share a common genetic foundation.
Read moreThe permanent rise of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere, which fundamentally changed the subsequent nature of Earth’s habitability, occurred much
Read moreUncommon group of aquatic and terrestrial species key to discovery of how plants breathe
Read moreAn elusive whale species in the Southern Ocean could be resilient to near-future ecosystem changes, according to a new study
Read moreRecordings of owls’ screeches used to help tell species apart
Read moreOne of the islands’ oldest animal groups, can these tiny insects survive the next century?
Read moreA multi-institutional collaboration has revealed that α-solanine, a toxic compound found in potato plants, is a divergent of the bitter-tasting
Read moreOf the vast diversity of plants on Earth, only a few evolved to become prominent agricultural crops. Scholars now suggest they originally evolved to secure mutualistic relationships with now-extinct megafauna
Read moreInfluenza vaccines need to be evaluated every year to ensure they remain effective against new influenza viruses. Will the same
Read moreOctopuses are known to sleep and to change color while they do it. Now, a study publishing March 25 in
Read moreMillions of years ago, aphid-like insects called whiteflies incorporated a portion of DNA from plants into their genome. A Chinese
Read moreThe Ecological Society of America (ESA) is pleased to announce its 2021 Fellows. The Society’s fellowship program recognizes the many
Read moreResearchers at GMI – Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of
Read moreDiscovering millions of previously unknown potential human therapeutics
Read moreResearchers at the UNIGE have traced the family tree of ray-finned fish in order to reconstruct the evolution of the protective structures of their skin.
Read moreScientists investigating the genetics of chilli pepper species have discovered a whole host of new chilli hybrids that can be
Read moreResearchers find that the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, changing how we think
Read moreA new study is the first to identify how human brains grow much larger, with three times as many neurons,
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New research led by the University of Bristol has revealed that crocodiles once flourished on land and in the oceans as a result of fast evolution.
Read moreFossil find from Canada could rewrite the evolutionary history of invertebrate organisms
Read moreBy comparing the genetic diversity of butterflies in North America, researchers reporting in the journal iScience on March 23 found
Read moreAnimal domestication and industrialisation in human populations have impacted gut microbiota in related ways, likely through similar ecological changes
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