Ancient Predators, Modern Mysteries: Mapping the Crocodile’s Evolutionary Path
Researchers have mapped the family tree of crocodiles and their extinct relatives to shed new light on why there are so few species of the…
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Researchers have mapped the family tree of crocodiles and their extinct relatives to shed new light on why there are so few species of the…
Recent research reveals a striking correlation to how life evolved over 500 million years. The movement of rivers, mountains, oceans, and sediment nutrients at the…
A research team from Göttingen University leads an investigation into 10 billion RNA snippets to identify “hub genes.” The majority of the Earth’s land surface…
A new study led by the University of Oxford has shed light on why certain species of bacteria carry astonishing arsenals of weapons. The findings,…
We’ve long understood that hosts experience malfunctions in the absence of their microbiome, which can occur due to a lack of certain microbial species or…
There are seven existing species of sea turtles, with the genus Lepidochelys comprising two of them: the olive ridley and the Kemp’s ridley. Despite being…
Scientists know very little about conditions in the ocean when life first evolved, but new research published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed how…
A new research study shows that human behavior, like lockdowns, influences the evolution of COVID-19, leading to strains that are more transmissible earlier in their…
The Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), initially identified in Drosophila several decades ago, was found to be a key controller of developmental genes. Subsequent research…
Misaligned AI is not the one you should worry most about (yet). For the first time, scientists have used the concept of evolutionary traps on…
Results suggest many more similar systems exist to discover. No one had ever seen one virus latching onto another virus, until anomalous sequencing results sent…
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, along with paleontologists from Spain and Poland, have utilized fossil records to create a soft robotic…
The story of Ekgmowechashala, the last primate in North America before Homo sapiens or Clovis people, reads like a spaghetti western: A grizzled and mysterious…
Microfossils found in Western Australia suggest a significant leap in life’s complexity during the Great Oxidation Event, hinting at the early evolution of complex organisms…
Global genetic study of lice suggests they arrived twice in the New World on human hosts. A new analysis of lice genetic diversity suggests that…
Marine biologists have discovered that more shark species, including the ancient smalltooth sand tiger shark, possess the trait of warm-bloodedness, or regional endothermy, than was…
Simulation suggests that traits for exploiting carrion might have been crucial for survival. Carnivorous dinosaurs might have evolved to capitalize on the abundance of giant…
A recent study conducted by researchers from Curtin and Flinders Universities reveals that what were previously believed to be two distinct species of native Australian…